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
The surname Kähr is borne by more people in Switzerland than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kähr? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kähr is the 783,439th most widely held surname at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 20,187,108 people. The last name Kähr is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Kähr live; 55 percent live in Western Europe and 48 percent live in Germanic Europe.
The last name Kähr is most commonly held in Switzerland, where it is held by 199 people, or 1 in 41,271. In Switzerland Kähr is primarily concentrated in: Canton of Bern, where 50 percent are found, Canton of Zürich, where 21 percent are found and Canton of Aargau, where 10 percent are found. Not including Switzerland Kähr is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Estonia, where 35 percent are found and Sweden, where 9 percent are found.
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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