Eager Surname
Approximately 4,951 people bear this surname
Eager Surname Definition:
A trait of character; or, perhaps, a corruption of Edgar (spelt in Anglo-Saxon Eadgar) by the suppression of the letter D.
Eager Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2,988 | 1:121,305 | 12,958 |
| England | 798 | 1:69,822 | 8,051 |
| Australia | 474 | 1:56,953 | 6,945 |
| Ireland | 191 | 1:24,654 | 2,360 |
| Canada | 168 | 1:219,319 | 21,150 |
| South Africa | 92 | 1:588,888 | 45,159 |
| New Zealand | 65 | 1:69,667 | 10,483 |
| Northern Ireland | 32 | 1:57,657 | 4,597 |
| Mexico | 22 | 1:5,642,100 | 30,806 |
| Wales | 20 | 1:154,727 | 10,755 |
| Scotland | 17 | 1:314,930 | 14,413 |
| Thailand | 10 | 1:7,063,834 | 426,148 |
| Germany | 8 | 1:10,063,182 | 283,807 |
| Finland | 8 | 1:687,088 | 36,047 |
| Brazil | 6 | 1:35,679,055 | 486,536 |
| Malta | 4 | 1:107,568 | 1,849 |
| Israel | 3 | 1:2,852,545 | 113,505 |
| Jersey | 3 | 1:33,067 | 4,675 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Costa Rica | 2 | 1:2,390,034 | 10,205 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| El Salvador | 1 | 1:6,343,888 | 8,415 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 173 | 1:25,606 | 2,755 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 400 | 1:60,938 | 7,112 |
| Jersey | 13 | 1:3,991 | 684 |
| Wales | 8 | 1:196,052 | 7,186 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:3,743,216 | 32,299 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,044 | 1:48,102 | 5,497 |
Eager (131) may also be a first name.
Eager Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A trait of character; or, perhaps, a corruption of Edgar (spelt in Anglo-Saxon Eadgar) by the suppression of the letter D.
Sharp—set, vehement, earnest. The name may be local, from the river Eger, in Bohemia, or Egra, a city on the river Eger.
Eager Demographics
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Eager Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Eager Come From? nationality or country of origin
Eager is found most in The United States. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Eager? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 96,087th most frequent family name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,471,934 people. This surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 51 percent of Eager reside; 50 percent reside in North America and 50 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Eager is also the 811,108th most common forename in the world, borne by 131 people.
The last name is most commonly used in The United States, where it is held by 2,988 people, or 1 in 121,305. In The United States Eager is mostly concentrated in: Texas, where 8 percent live, Michigan, where 5 percent live and Florida, where 5 percent live. Not including The United States this last name occurs in 48 countries. It is also found in England, where 16 percent live and Australia, where 10 percent live.
Eager Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Eager has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Eager surname rose 286 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 200 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it rose 110 percent between 1901 and 2014; in Wales it rose 250 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it rose 1,700 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Eager Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is primarily Anglican (51%) in Ireland.
In The United States those bearing the Eager surname are 15.9% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 62.67% being registered with the political party.
The amount Eager earn in different countries varies significantly. In South Africa they earn 19.58% less than the national average, earning R 191,112 per year; in United States they earn 6.28% more than the national average, earning $45,858 USD per year and in Canada they earn 7.05% less than the national average, earning $46,180 CAD per year.
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Eager Reference & Research
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Footnotes
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