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    The surname Rohr

    A surname, carried by 6,308 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex R600

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Rohr is more common than 96.6% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 6,308 people named Rohr in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 48,945 Americans. That is up 0.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,272.

    #5,514
    rank among US surnames
    6,308
    people in 2010
    2.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +0.6%
    change since 2000 (was #5,134)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,505McLellan6,31848,868
    #5,507Myer6,31748,875
    #5,508Parsley6,31548,891
    #5,510Passmore6,31448,899
    #5,511Manns6,31248,914
    #5,512Overby6,31148,922
    #5,513Morehouse6,30948,937

    Who is named Rohr

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

    95% of people named Rohr identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
    • Two or more races 1.1%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Rohrs

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Franz Rohr von Denta
      Austro-Hungarian Field Marshal and commander (1854-1927)
    • Richard Rohr
      American Franciscan spiritual teacher, born 1943

    Notable Rohrs come mostly from Hungary (1) and the United States (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Rohr

    Rohr has the Soundex code R600, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R600.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Rohr?
    6,308 people in the United States had the surname Rohr in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 48,945 Americans. It ranked 5,514th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Rohr?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Rohr identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Rohr?
    Franz Rohr von Denta, Austro-Hungarian Field Marshal and commander (1854-1927), followed by Richard Rohr.
    Where is the surname Rohr most common?
    Wikidata records people named Rohr in Hungary and the United States.
    Is the surname Rohr getting more or less common?
    More common. 6,272 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,308 in 2010, up 0.6%.