How common is the surname Mehr?

1,415 people in the United States had the surname Mehr in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 218,195 Americans. It ranked 19,189th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Mehr?

In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Mehr identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.5% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

Is the surname Mehr getting more or less common?

More common. 1,298 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,415 in 2010, up 9.0%.

The surname Mehr

A surname, carried by 1,415 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex M600

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Mehr is more common than 88.2% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,415 people named Mehr in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 218,195 Americans. That is up 9.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,298.

#19,189

rank among US surnames

1,415

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+9%

change since 2000 (was #19,313)

Who is named Mehr

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

90% of people named Mehr identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.5% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 3.6% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 90%
Asian and Pacific Islander 5.5%
Two or more races 3.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.8%

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Mehr

Mehr has the Soundex code M600, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M600.

Questions

How common is the surname Mehr?: 1,415 people in the United States had the surname Mehr in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 218,195 Americans. It ranked 19,189th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Mehr?: In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Mehr identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.5% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
Is the surname Mehr getting more or less common?: More common. 1,298 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,415 in 2010, up 9.0%.