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    The surname Buhr

    A surname, carried by 2,452 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex B600

    Buhr: #12,622 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Buhr #12,622, 2,452 people Buhr: #12,622 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Buhr #12,622, 2,452 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Buhr is more common than 92.2% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,452 people named Buhr in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 125,916 Americans. That is up 9.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,247.

    #12,622
    rank among US surnames
    2,452
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +9.1%
    change since 2000 (was #12,638)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #12,613Durgin2,454125,813
    #12,616Gordan2,453125,864
    #12,622Hao2,452125,916
    #12,627Shick2,451125,967

    Who is named Buhr

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

    95% of people named Buhr identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%
    • Two or more races 0.8%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Buhr

    Buhr 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 Buhr?
    2,452 people in the United States had the surname Buhr in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 125,916 Americans. It ranked 12,622nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Buhr?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Buhr identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Buhr getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,247 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,452 in 2010, up 9.1%.