Egger Family History
Egger Name Meaning
South German: topographic name for someone who lived on a
corner (either a street corner, or the corner of a valley running
around a mountain), from an altered form of Eck + the suffix
-er, denoting an inhabitant.Dutch and German: from a
Germanic personal name composed of the elements agi ‘point (of
a sword)’ + heri ‘army’.South German(Swabia): occupational
name for a farmer, from an agent derivative of eggen ‘to
harrow’.English: variant of Edgar 1.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Egger Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Egger families
 37 - 71  13 - 36 |
 1 - 12  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Egger families
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7 - 11 3 - 6 |
1 - 2 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Egger Family Origin
Egger Immigration Information
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Egger Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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