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    The surname Lehr

    A surname, carried by 6,537 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex L600

    Lehr: #5,328 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Lehr #5,328, 6,537 people Lehr: #5,328 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Lehr #5,328, 6,537 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lehr is more common than 96.7% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 6,537 people named Lehr in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 47,230 Americans. That is up 3.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,338.

    #5,328
    rank among US surnames
    6,537
    people in 2010
    2.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.1%
    change since 2000 (was #5,079)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,319Giese6,55347,115
    #5,322Ladner6,55147,130
    #5,323Beiler6,54947,144
    #5,324Yin6,54847,151
    #5,325Marlowe6,54347,187
    #5,326Recinos6,54047,209
    #5,327Tibbetts6,53847,223

    Who is named Lehr

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

    95% of people named Lehr identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
    • Two or more races 1.2%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Lehrs

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Anna Lehr
      Actress (1890-1974)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Lehr

    Lehr has the Soundex code L600, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L600.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Lehr?
    6,537 people in the United States had the surname Lehr in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 47,230 Americans. It ranked 5,328th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Lehr?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Lehr identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Lehr?
    Anna Lehr, actress (1890-1974).
    Where is the surname Lehr most common?
    Wikidata records people named Lehr in the United States.
    Is the surname Lehr getting more or less common?
    More common. 6,338 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,537 in 2010, up 3.1%.