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    The surname Baehr

    A surname, carried by 1,622 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex B600

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Baehr is more common than 89.3% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,622 people named Baehr in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 190,349 Americans. That is up 1.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,606.

    #17,398
    rank among US surnames
    1,622
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1%
    change since 2000 (was #16,480)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #17,392Slavens1,623190,231
    #17,398Olaughlin1,622190,349
    #17,406Beaudette1,621190,466

    Who is named Baehr

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    95% of people named Baehr identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
    • Two or more races 1.2%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Baehr

    Baehr has the Soundex code B600, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B600.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Baehr?
    1,622 people in the United States had the surname Baehr in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 190,349 Americans. It ranked 17,398th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Baehr?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Baehr identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Baehr getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,606 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,622 in 2010, up 1.0%.