Eger is used as a family name or surname in Ireland, Germany, England. It is 4 characters long in length.
Family name is a variation of the Eggar. Scholars think it "signifies an inciter, stimulator," as we say "to egg on," but it is far more likely to be a corruption of Edgar.
Family name Eger is variant of Edger. Probably a corruption of Hedger, the occupation.
Eger is a variant form of Adair. Descendant of Edzear or Edgar meaning rich, spear; dweller near the oak-tree ford; grandson of Daire, an old Irish name.
Eger is a form of Edgar. Descendant of Edgar meaning "rich, spear".
Surname is the variant of Adair. A branch of the great Anglo-Hibernian family of Fitz-Gerald settled at Adare, a village in county of Limerick, and thus acquired the local surname in the XV. century Robert Fitz-Gerald de Adair, in consequence of family feuds, removed to Galloway, in Scotland, and dropping his patronymical designation, wrote himself Adair, a name which has since ramified largely on both sides of the Irish Channel. In temp. Chas.I., the senior branch transferred themselves from Galloway to county of Antrim, where they resided for some generations, until on the acquisition of English estates they again settled in Britain. |The migrations of the family may be thus stated : 1. England before the Conquest. 2.Ireland. 3.Scotland. 4.Scotland cum Ireland. 5.Ireland. 6.Ireland cum England. 7.England cum Ireland.
Form of the Edgar. Eadgar, a well-known and royal personal name among the Anglo-Saxons. There are probably several distinct families of this designation. The Scottish family deduce themselves from Gospatrick, earl of Northumberland, temp. William I., who was a kinsman of Eadgar Atheling, and a descendant of king Eâdgar, great grandson of Alfred the Great. The Edgars of Suffolk claim from a John Edgar of Dunwich, living in 1237.
Family name is the variation of Odgear. Probably an old Scandinavian personal name. One Odgeir is found in the Landnamabok.
How popular is Eger?
As per 2010 US census, number of Egers plummeted by 2.55 per cent to 1798 since 2000 and slipped by 1336 spots and ranked at 16100. The last name was found in around 6 per million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.
| Race | 2010 | 2000 |
|---|---|---|
| White | 93.21 | 93.06 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 4.39 | 4.44 |
| Others | 1.06 | 1.19 |
| Asian and Native Hawaiian & Other Pacific Islander | 0.95 | 0.81 |
Immigrants to US
From Germany
25 years old farmer Christian Eger who was residing in Baden migrated to New York on June 25, 1852 by Jane D Cooper put out from Havre. Elise Eger, aged 28, Farmer Heinrich Eger, Albertus Eger, aged 5, Andreas Eger, aged 3, Benedikt Eger, Conrad Eger, Conrad Eger, aged 46, Johann Eger, aged 7, Farmer Marianne Eger, and 328 other Eger around 53.33% of whom were farmer while others worked as laborer and shoemaker, joiner, merchant, cloth manufacturer, goldsmith, tailor, weaver, baker, clerk, servant, carpenter, cultivator migrated to US from Havre, Liverpool and Rotterdam.
Eger Namesakes
- Günther Eger, German bobsledder who competed in the early 1990s
- Akiva Eger, outstanding Talmudic scholar
Eger Namesakes
- Günther Eger, German bobsledder who competed in the early 1990s
- Akiva Eger, outstanding Talmudic scholar