How common is the surname Bahr?

7,731 people in the United States had the surname Bahr in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 39,936 Americans. It ranked 4,589th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Bahr?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Bahr identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Bahr?

Hermann Bahr, Austrian dramatic, publicist and writer (1863–1934), followed by Walter Bahr.

Where is the surname Bahr most common?

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

Is the surname Bahr getting more or less common?

More common. 7,610 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,731 in 2010, up 1.6%.

The surname Bahr

A surname, carried by 7,731 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex B600

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bahr is more common than 97.2% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 7,731 people named Bahr in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 39,936 Americans. That is up 1.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 7,610.

#4,589

rank among US surnames

7,731

people in 2010

2.6

per 100,000 Americans

+1.6%

change since 2000 (was #4,318)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,580	Rohrer	7,750	39,838
#4,581	Poland	7,746	39,859
#4,582	Coronel	7,745	39,864
#4,583	Lavender	7,744	39,869
#4,585	Frazer	7,743	39,874
#4,586	Barela	7,739	39,895
#4,587	Southern	7,738	39,900

Who is named Bahr

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

93% of people named Bahr identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as two or more races.

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Bahrs

5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Hermann Bahr
Austrian dramatic, publicist and writer (1863–1934)
Walter Bahr
American soccer player (1927-2018)
Chris Bahr
American football and soccer player, born 1953
Matt Bahr
American football and soccer player, born 1956
Anna von Mildenburg
Austrian opera singer (1872–1947)

Notable Bahrs come mostly from the United States (3), Austria–Hungary (1) and Austria (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Bahr

Bahr 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 Bahr?: 7,731 people in the United States had the surname Bahr in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 39,936 Americans. It ranked 4,589th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Bahr?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Bahr identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Bahr?: Hermann Bahr, Austrian dramatic, publicist and writer (1863–1934), followed by Walter Bahr.
Where is the surname Bahr most common?: Wikidata records people named Bahr in the United States, Austria–Hungary and Austria.
Is the surname Bahr getting more or less common?: More common. 7,610 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,731 in 2010, up 1.6%.