Cohrs Surname

90,149th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5,318 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Cohrs Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Cohrs Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany3,8251:21,0472,803
United States1,2231:296,36927,405
Canada431:856,87466,382
Netherlands381:444,39944,765
South Africa311:1,747,66884,236
Australia281:964,13257,058
Belgium241:479,02747,365
Austria161:532,21549,801
France161:4,151,420237,746
Argentina121:3,561,951138,643
Switzerland101:821,29253,588
Sweden101:984,67673,605
Brazil81:26,759,292405,030
Poland61:6,334,792156,558
England61:9,286,343223,652
Uruguay41:857,94031,713
Colombia31:15,924,69128,711
Luxembourg21:290,2718,611
South Korea21:25,620,1284,175
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Kyrgyzstan11:5,972,65499,197
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
El Salvador11:6,343,8888,415
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:12,187,685173,419
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States901:557,98538,227

The alternate forms: Cöhrs (6) & Cõhrs (1) are calculated separately.

Cohrs Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Cohrs Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Cohrs is found in Germany more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant: Cöhrs or Cõhrs. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Cohrs? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 90,149th most numerous last name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 1,370,355 people. The last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 74 percent of Cohrs live; 74 percent live in Western Europe and 73 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The last name Cohrs is most commonly used in Germany, where it is held by 3,825 people, or 1 in 21,047. In Germany Cohrs is primarily concentrated in: Lower Saxony, where 70 percent are found, Hamburg, where 11 percent are found and Schleswig-Holstein, where 5 percent are found. Without taking into account Germany it is found in 28 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 23 percent are found and Canada, where 1 percent are found.

Cohrs Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Cohrs has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Cohrs surname grew 1,359 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 300 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Cohrs Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Cohrs surname are 16.41% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 63.18% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Cohrs earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 180.64% more than the national average, earning R 666,912 per year; in United States they earn 8.32% more than the national average, earning $46,741 USD per year and in Canada they earn 7.37% more than the national average, earning $53,347 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Cöhrs936/
Cõhrs931/
Coehrs9132/
Cohrss911/
Coohrs910/
Cohrst910/
Cors891,713/
Kohrs803,522/
Corse801,393/
Coers801,278/
Coors801,163/
Cours80904/
Corrs8025/
Corss8023/
Corst807/
Corsh803/
Corzs802/
Coërs801/
Cuors801/
Corsp800/
Cahrs800/
Course73669/
Coorsh7364/
Cahars7310/
Coursh737/
Corshe731/
Corsch731/
Corsse731/
Coorse730/
Coorst730/
Corrse730/
Kors673,175/
Cars67252/
Corsova672/
Corx671/
Qors671/
Courrse670/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
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  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Cohrs
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