Kähr Surname
Approximately 361 people bear this surname
Kähr Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Switzerland | 199 | 1:41,271 | 5,804 |
| Estonia | 127 | 1:10,408 | 1,483 |
| Sweden | 32 | 1:307,711 | 21,451 |
| Finland | 2 | 1:2,748,351 | 72,663 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Kähr Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kähr Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kähr occurs most in Switzerland. It can be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kähr? popularity and diffusion
Kähr is the 783,439th most prevalent family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 20,187,108 people. The surname Kähr occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Kähr are found; 55 percent are found in Western Europe and 48 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Switzerland, where it is borne by 199 people, or 1 in 41,271. In Switzerland it is primarily found in: Canton of Bern, where 50 percent live, Canton of Zürich, where 21 percent live and Canton of Aargau, where 10 percent live. Aside from Switzerland this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Estonia, where 35 percent live and Sweden, where 9 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kher | 75 | 17,244 | / |
| Khir | 75 | 11,316 | / |
| Kehr | 75 | 6,966 | / |
| Käch | 75 | 892 | / |
| Köhr | 75 | 246 | / |
| Khyr | 75 | 151 | / |
| Khre | 75 | 122 | / |
| Kärp | 75 | 85 | / |
| Kihr | 75 | 81 | / |
| Khýr | 75 | 78 | / |
| Kärr | 75 | 68 | / |
| Kähs | 75 | 36 | / |
| Kéhr | 75 | 4 | / |
| Khír | 75 | 2 | / |
| Kyhr | 75 | 2 | / |
| Khjr | 75 | 2 | / |
| Khér | 75 | 1 | / |
| Khair | 67 | 281,048 | / |
| Kheir | 67 | 40,389 | / |
| Khier | 67 | 7,713 | / |
| Khoir | 67 | 6,165 | / |
| Khayr | 67 | 5,202 | / |
| Khaer | 67 | 4,491 | / |
| Khire | 67 | 1,923 | / |
| Kheer | 67 | 1,407 | / |
| Kheyr | 67 | 1,308 | / |
| Khere | 67 | 1,304 | / |
| Khoer | 67 | 954 | / |
| Kaehr | 67 | 416 | / |
| Kheur | 67 | 416 | / |
| Khear | 67 | 320 | / |
| Koehr | 67 | 149 | / |
| Kåhre | 67 | 122 | / |
| Kaihr | 67 | 90 | / |
| Kiehr | 67 | 59 | / |
| Köhre | 67 | 47 | / |
| Kjæhr | 67 | 40 | / |
| Käsch | 67 | 39 | / |
| Kheïr | 67 | 32 | / |
| Khirh | 67 | 31 | / |
| Kuhyr | 67 | 23 | / |
| Kärrå | 67 | 22 | / |
| Khajr | 67 | 19 | / |
| Kärre | 67 | 15 | / |
| Kherr | 67 | 11 | / |
| Khijr | 67 | 10 | / |
| Kchir | 67 | 10 | / |
| Hkhir | 67 | 8 | / |
| Khyre | 67 | 8 | / |
| Kherz | 67 | 4 | / |
| Khyrt | 67 | 4 | / |
| Kherh | 67 | 4 | / |
| Kärpf | 67 | 3 | / |
| Khirz | 67 | 2 | / |
| Khehr | 67 | 2 | / |
| Khojr | 67 | 2 | / |
| Kcher | 67 | 1 | / |
| Khjre | 67 | 1 | / |
| Khaír | 67 | 1 | / |
| Khäre | 67 | 1 | / |
| Khyor | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kehrr | 67 | 1 | / |
| Khgir | 67 | 1 | / |
| Khirr | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kkhir | 67 | 1 | / |
| Keihr | 67 | 0 | / |
| Keuhr | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Kähr
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