How common is the surname Behr?

3,795 people in the United States had the surname Behr in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 81,356 Americans. It ranked 8,659th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Behr?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Behr identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Behr?

Jason Behr, American actor, followed by Karl Behr.

Where is the surname Behr most common?

Wikidata records people named Behr in the United States, Germany and South Africa.

Is the surname Behr getting more or less common?

More common. 3,671 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,795 in 2010, up 3.4%.

The surname Behr

A surname, carried by 3,795 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). Behr is more common than 94.7% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,795 people named Behr in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 81,356 Americans. That is up 3.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,671.

#8,659

rank among US surnames

3,795

people in 2010

1.3

per 100,000 Americans

+3.4%

change since 2000 (was #8,300)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,651	Silvey	3,798	81,292
#8,653	Casella	3,797	81,313
#8,655	Bibb	3,796	81,334
#8,659	Behr	3,795	81,356
#8,663	Kapoor	3,794	81,377
#8,664	Hufford	3,793	81,399

Who is named Behr

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

96% of people named Behr identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
Two or more races 1.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Behrs

5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Jason Behr
American actor, born 1973
Karl Behr
American tennis player (1885–1949)
Pamela Behr
Alpine ski racer, born 1956
Ira Steven Behr
American screen writer and television producer, born 1953
Mark Behr
Author (1963–2015)

Notable Behrs come mostly from the United States (3), Germany (1) and South Africa (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Behr

Behr 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 Behr?: 3,795 people in the United States had the surname Behr in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 81,356 Americans. It ranked 8,659th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Behr?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Behr identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Behr?: Jason Behr, American actor, followed by Karl Behr.
Where is the surname Behr most common?: Wikidata records people named Behr in the United States, Germany and South Africa.
Is the surname Behr getting more or less common?: More common. 3,671 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,795 in 2010, up 3.4%.