How common is the surname Kehr?

1,542 people in the United States had the surname Kehr in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 200,224 Americans. It ranked 18,078th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Kehr?

In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Kehr identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Kehr?

Dave Kehr, American film critic.

Where is the surname Kehr most common?

Wikidata records people named Kehr in the United States.

Is the surname Kehr getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,596 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,542 in 2010, down 3.4%.

The surname Kehr

A surname, carried by 1,542 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex K600

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kehr is more common than 88.9% of them.

Origin

From the German surname from the noun kere (“bend of a corner”), probably related to kehren (“to turn around”). Compare Quirin.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,542 people named Kehr in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 200,224 Americans. That is down 3.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,596.

#18,078

rank among US surnames

1,542

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

-3.4%

change since 2000 (was #16,562)

Who is named Kehr

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

97% of people named Kehr identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 97%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.3%
Two or more races 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Kehrs

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Dave Kehr
American film critic, born 1953

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Kehr

Kehr has the Soundex code K600, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K600.

Questions

Where does the surname Kehr come from?: From the German surname from the noun kere (“bend of a corner”), probably related to kehren (“to turn around”). Compare Quirin.
How common is the surname Kehr?: 1,542 people in the United States had the surname Kehr in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 200,224 Americans. It ranked 18,078th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Kehr?: In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Kehr identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Kehr?: Dave Kehr, American film critic.
Where is the surname Kehr most common?: Wikidata records people named Kehr in the United States.
Is the surname Kehr getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,596 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,542 in 2010, down 3.4%.