Jöger Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Romania

Jöger Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Jöger Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

The alternate forms: Jõger (8) are calculated separately.

Jöger Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Jöger Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Jöger is more frequently found in Germany than any other country/territory. It may also be found as: Jõger. Click here to see other possible spellings of Jöger.

How Common Is The Last Name Jöger? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 8,968,613th most frequent surname throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. Jöger occurs mostly in Europe, where 75 percent of Jöger are found; 50 percent are found in Western Europe and 50 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The surname Jöger is most frequent in Germany, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 40,252,730. In Germany it is primarily found in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 100 percent live. Beside Germany Jöger occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Romania, where 25 percent live and South Africa, where 25 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Jõger938/
Jöge8937/
Jäger8086,268/
Jager8024,009/
Höger803,455/
Zöger80143/
Söger8040/
Jöher8010/
Cöger806/
Jaeger7341,255/
Jagger736,581/
Högger73562/
Jageer73258/
Jääger73217/
Hönger73151/
Jaager7365/
Jägert7345/
Jagier7338/
Jäeger7313/
Joeger7311/
Jhager7310/
Jähger733/
Jöeäär733/
Jõgger731/
Jägger731/
Jaëger731/
Jagerr731/
Jage672,180/
Jeur67568/
Jaegger6762/
Højager6757/
Zöge6747/
Höttger6745/
Jögi6745/
Jhageer6734/
Ayözger6730/
Jaegher6725/
Jäge6710/
Hönnger679/
Jaehger673/
Jaghier672/
Jahgier672/
Jaggeer671/
Ajaeger671/
Jahgher671/
Jjagger671/
Jöse671/
Jaggier670/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Jöger
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