Åhr Surname

2,843,861st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 47 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sweden
Highest density in:
Sweden

Åhr Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Åhr Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sweden451:218,81715,158
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Åhr Last Name Facts

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

The last name Åhr is borne by more people in Sweden than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Åhr? popularity and diffusion

The last name Åhr is the 2,843,861st most commonly occurring last name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 155,054,168 people. Åhr is predominantly found in Europe, where 98 percent of Åhr are found; 98 percent are found in Northern Europe and 98 percent are found in Scandinavia.

The surname is most commonly used in Sweden, where it is held by 45 people, or 1 in 218,817. In Sweden Åhr is most frequent in: Uppsala County, where 60 percent reside, Stockholm County, where 27 percent reside and Skåne County, where 7 percent reside. Excluding Sweden this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Norway, where 2 percent reside and The United States, where 2 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Åhre864/
Håhr862/
Hr807,591/
Hrp6730,332/
Chr673,424/
Hre67111/
Hrh6781/
Hrd6774/
Khr6753/
Hrt6752/
Hrz6729/
Ård6721/
Rhr679/
Hrr679/
Hhr675/
Årø674/
Åre673/
Hår671/

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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 Åhr
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