How common is the surname Suhr?

2,717 people in the United States had the surname Suhr in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 113,635 Americans. It ranked 11,572nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Suhr?

In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Suhr identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.0% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

Who is the most famous person named Suhr?

Jennifer Suhr, American pole vaulter.

Where is the surname Suhr most common?

Wikidata records people named Suhr in Poland.

Is the surname Suhr getting more or less common?

More common. 2,714 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,717 in 2010, up 0.1%.

The surname Suhr

A surname, carried by 2,717 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex S600

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Suhr is more common than 92.9% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,717 people named Suhr in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 113,635 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 2,714.

#11,572

rank among US surnames

2,717

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

+0.1%

change since 2000 (was #10,790)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,568	Carbonell	2,718	113,593
#11,572	Kelton	2,717	113,635
#11,576	Albarado	2,716	113,677
#11,578	Gutowski	2,715	113,718

Who is named Suhr

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

91% of people named Suhr identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.0% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 91%
Asian and Pacific Islander 4.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
Two or more races 1.3%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Suhrs

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Jennifer Suhr
American pole vaulter, born 1982

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Suhr

Suhr has the Soundex code S600, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S600.

Questions

How common is the surname Suhr?: 2,717 people in the United States had the surname Suhr in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 113,635 Americans. It ranked 11,572nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Suhr?: In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Suhr identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.0% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
Who is the most famous person named Suhr?: Jennifer Suhr, American pole vaulter.
Where is the surname Suhr most common?: Wikidata records people named Suhr in Poland.
Is the surname Suhr getting more or less common?: More common. 2,714 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,717 in 2010, up 0.1%.