# Mohr (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/mohr/  
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) | 17,180 |
| US rank (2010) | 2,106 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 17,971 people |
| Change since 2000 | +0.2% (17,153 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Mohr 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) | 0.6% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.0% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.8% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.4% |
| Two or more races | 1.2% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Mohr in the United States, the Austrian Empire, Germany, Austria and Latvia.

## People named Mohr

- Jay Mohr, American actor and comedian
- Joseph Mohr, Austrian priest and composer (1792–1848)
- Gerald Mohr, American radio, film and television character actor (1914-1968)
- Hal Mohr, American cinematographer (1894–1974)
- Tobias Mohr, association football player (1995-)
- Herta Mohr, Austrian Egyptologist, who later lived stateless in the Netherlands
- Laura Marholm, Baltic German author (1854-1928)

## Similar surnames

Moore, Mora, Morey, Mowry, More, Mori, Moura, Moro, Moor, Moir, Mähr, Moree.

## 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.