Träger
surname · Latin script
Meaning: from Träger ‘carrier, porter’; also forms meaning supporter or turner
/tʁeːɡɐ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Träger is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Germany than in any other country.
- DEGermany≈1 in 26K(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 233K
- GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 246K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Träger itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Germany (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 253 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 26K (inferred from the name graph)
≈3,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Germany, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Trager in US United States, GB United Kingdom, NZ New Zealand and Traeger in AU Australia, DZ Algeria, CU Cuba.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
from Träger ‘carrier, porter’; also forms meaning supporter or turner
Sources 1
- Deutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung
Attested across 12 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Träger counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DE Germany | ≈3,000 est. | ≈1 in 26K | — | Träger | 86 |
| US United States | 1,425 | 1 in 233K | 1.5K | Trager | 253 |
| DZ Algeria | ≈510 est. | ≈1 in 84K | — | Traeger | 1 |
| AU Australia | ≈360 est. | ≈1 in 71K | — | Traeger | 82 |
| GB United Kingdom | ≈270 est. | ≈1 in 246K | 20 | Trager | 50 |
| CU Cuba | ≈150 est. | ≈1 in 72K | — | Traeger | 2 |
| DK Denmark | 75 | 1 in 78K | 75 | — | — |
| NZ New Zealand | ≈69 est. | ≈1 in 72K | — | Trager | 2 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000; Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register); Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Träger is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In German, strap, holder, responsible body
as a wordA Frequency Dictionary of German
In German, agent noun of tragen; carrier, support
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In German, Berufsname zu mhd. trager/drager/treger/dreger 'Träger'; zeigt D/T-Varianz im Anlaut. 2182 Tokens.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 2: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen II, Konsonantismus
In German, D-/T-Anlautvariation zu Dräger; 2182 Träger.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 2: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen II, Konsonantismus
In German, 1. "Lastträger" (Trager, Treger), seltener "Faulpelz" (Träg, Trag; x DRAG:). In Zss. oft "Hausierer" (Salztreger;
as a nameDeutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Josef Trägerb. 1904CZCzech theatre critic and theorist
- Ernst Trägerb. 1926DEGerman judge (1926-2015)
- Hartmut Trägerb. 1945DEGerman politician (1945-2011)
- Carsten Trägerb. 1973DEGerman politician
- Steen Trägerb. 1978association football player
- Miklós Trägercorrespondence chess player
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 12 sources across 7 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DK Denmark | Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts) | — | 75 | #7,253 |
Reference works 4
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Träger mean, and where does it come from?
- from Träger ‘carrier, porter’; also forms meaning supporter or turner Recorded by Deutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung.
- How do you pronounce Träger?
- A machine transcription gives /tʁeːɡɐ/ (IPA) for German.
- In which country does Träger have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 3.0 thousand people named Träger in Germany, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled träger.
- How common is the name Träger?
- In the United States, the national register counted 1,425 people named Träger in 2010, about 1 in 233 thousand residents.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/tr%C3%A4gerThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Träger”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.