Last Name WAGER

Summary/Contribute


Meaning	The wager, one who paid by fixed wages.

Origin	English, Polish, Swiss, Irish, Hungarian

Rank	9,064 (2000 US census)	9,759 (1990 US census)

Count	3,316 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

94.42%, or 3131 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
1.3%, or 43 total occurrences, as black,
0.54%, or 18 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.54%, or 18 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
0.75%, or 25 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
2.44%, or 81 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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