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    The surname Kohr

    A German surname, carried by 1,520 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex K600

    Kohr: #18,272 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Kohr #18,272, 1,520 people Kohr: #18,272 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Kohr #18,272, 1,520 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kohr is more common than 88.7% of them.

    Origin

    German origin

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

    One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,520 people named Kohr in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 203,122 Americans. That is up 4.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,457.

    #18,272
    rank among US surnames
    1,520
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4.3%
    change since 2000 (was #17,734)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #18,272Loja1,520203,122
    #18,278Merlin1,519203,256

    Who is named Kohr

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

    95% of people named Kohr identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
    • Two or more races 1.3%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Kohrs

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Leopold Kohr
      Austrian academic (1909-1994)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Kohr

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

    Other German surnames

    All 1,101 German surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Kohr come from?
    North/Low German surname, from a short form of Kohrt, itself a pet form of Konrad.
    How common is the surname Kohr?
    1,520 people in the United States had the surname Kohr in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 203,122 Americans. It ranked 18,272nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Kohr?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Kohr identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Kohr?
    Leopold Kohr, Austrian academic (1909-1994).
    Where is the surname Kohr most common?
    Wikidata records people named Kohr in Austria.
    Is the surname Kohr getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,457 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,520 in 2010, up 4.3%.