Gühr Surname

1,967,751st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 90 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Gühr Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gühr Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany831:969,94567,438
Switzerland61:1,368,81977,571
France11:66,422,722504,397

The alternate forms: Guhr (1,820) & Gúhr (2) are calculated separately.

Gühr Last Name Facts

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

The surname Gühr is most common in Germany. It may also occur as: Guhr or Gúhr. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Gühr? popularity and diffusion

The surname Gühr is the 1,967,751st most prevalent last name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 80,972,732 people. The surname is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Gühr are found; 100 percent are found in Western Europe and 99 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

It is most frequent in Germany, where it is held by 83 people, or 1 in 969,945. In Germany it is primarily found in: Baden-Württemberg, where 80 percent are found, Hesse, where 11 percent are found and Rhineland-Palatinate, where 2 percent are found. Outside of Germany this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Switzerland, where 7 percent are found and France, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Guhr921,820/
Gúhr922/
Gür8654,344/
Ghor752,739/
Gürz751,365/
Gürr7564/
Ghur7546/
Gürt751/
Ghaur671,683/
Ghure67707/
Ghoor67447/
Ghier67252/
Ghour67134/
Ghurt67132/
Gheur67106/
Goehr6788/
Gahur6781/
Gauhr6754/
Ghurr6734/
Gohur6729/
Ghorh6716/
Goohr679/
Ghoer679/
Ghorr675/
Ghuhr674/
Gouhr673/
Ghujr671/
Ghuur671/
Ghorz671/
Ghuer671/
Ghutr671/
Ghurp671/
Ghuir671/

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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
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • 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 Gühr
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