Åhr Surname
Approximately 47 people bear this surname
Åhr Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sweden | 45 | 1:218,817 | 15,158 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
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.
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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
- 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 Åhr
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