# Kohr (surname)

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

A surname from German.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | German |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,520 |
| US rank (2010) | 18,272 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 203,122 people |
| Change since 2000 | +4.3% (1,457 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

North/Low German surname, from a short form of Kohrt, itself a pet form of Konrad.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Kohr 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) | 95% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.4% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.8% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.8% |
| Two or more races | 1.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Kohr in Austria.

## People named Kohr

- Leopold Kohr, Austrian academic (1909-1994)

## Similar surnames

Koury, Kehr, Kuhr, Kor, Khoury, Khouri, Kaur, Kerr, Karr, Kier, Kerry, Kear.

## 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.