# Bahr (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/bahr/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 7,731 |
| US rank (2010) | 4,589 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 39,936 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.6% (7,610 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Bahr in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 93% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.5% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.4% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.1% |
| Two or more races | 1.5% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Bahr in the United States, Austria–Hungary and Austria.

## People named Bahr

- Hermann Bahr, Austrian dramatic, publicist and writer (1863–1934)
- Walter Bahr, American soccer player (1927-2018)
- Chris Bahr, American football and soccer player
- Matt Bahr, American football and soccer player
- Anna von Mildenburg, Austrian opera singer (1872–1947)

## Similar surnames

Bauer, Barry, Barr, Baer, Bair, Bear, Bare, Baier, Behr, Baur, Barra, Buhr.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.