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Surname Badger (Bacher
, Badge
, Badger
) , in all the world, is a common cognomen. The last name Badger is characteristic of Western Europe, particularly Austria, where it is quite a common surname, Switzerland, and Germany, where it is quite a rare surname. Measured by absolute frequency, it is the most numerous in India, the United States, and Germany. Very seldom, Badger is the forename as well as the last name.