Surname Jager in modern Croatia

Jager families are usually Croats and they are mostly from Slatina area , rarely Hungarians. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Osijek and Zagreb. In Mala Pisanica in Grubisno Polje area every fourtieth inhabitant had the family name Jager.

Prevalence

About 80 people with faimily name Jager live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 80 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 12 cities and 18 other places, mostly in Osijek (15), Zagreb (<10), Velika Gorica (<10), Visnjevac (<10), and in Vocin in Slatina area (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least three families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to Germany (2) and the United States (1).
Family name Jager (including: Yager , Jagger , Iager , Jagher , Jageer , Jaager , Jhager , Jagheer and Jahger ) is present in 97 countries worldwide. "Yager " is used by some 9000 people in the United States , about 400 in Canada , and some 200 people in Germany. "Iager " is used by some 200 people in Romania , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Brazil. "Jagger " is used by some 2000 people in the United States , about 1000 in Great Britain , and some 500 people in South Africa.

Characteristic first names

Mario Jager, Dalibor Jager, Silvana Jager, Mirjana Jager, Matija Jager, Josip Jager, Maja Jager, Renata Jager, Antal Jager, Zoran Jager, Mišael Jager, Dario Jager, Ervin Jager, Gordana Jager, Bojan Jager, Edita Jager, Jasmina Jager, Željko Jager, Jelka Jager

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1749 in source 18th Century Census.

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