Jeger families are Croats and they are mostly from Nasice area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Osijek and Vukovar.
Prevalence
About 100 people with faimily name Jeger live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 100 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant. They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 16 cities and 15 other places, mostly in Osijek (15), Zagreb (15), Beli Manastir (<10), Cepin in Osijek area (<10), and in Kutina (<10).
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.