Mühr Surname
Approximately 392 people bear this surname
Mühr Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 357 | 1:225,505 | 25,215 |
| Austria | 20 | 1:425,772 | 43,235 |
| Sweden | 9 | 1:1,094,084 | 81,336 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
The alternate forms: Műhr (13) are calculated separately.
Mühr Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mühr Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mühr is more commonly found in Germany than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant: Műhr. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mühr? popularity and diffusion
The last name Mühr is the 737,137th most frequently used surname globally, borne by around 1 in 18,590,678 people. Mühr occurs mostly in Europe, where 99 percent of Mühr live; 96 percent live in Western Europe and 96 percent live in Germanic Europe.
The last name Mühr is most frequently used in Germany, where it is held by 357 people, or 1 in 225,505. In Germany Mühr is most numerous in: Thuringia, where 34 percent are found, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 26 percent are found and Hesse, where 10 percent are found. Besides Germany this surname is found in 7 countries. It is also found in Austria, where 5 percent are found and Sweden, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Mühr
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis