Kähri

surname · Latin script

Kähri is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Finland than in any other country. Recorded meaning: From bynames/nicknames like kaharipää, kähäripää (“person with curled hair”), ultimately from kähärä.

rarermore common
  • FIFinland1 in 19K(measured from records)
  • EEEstonia≈1 in 64K
  • CHSwitzerland1 in 700K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Finland (measured from records)

293 people

Sources
19 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 19K (inferred from the name graph)

Finland

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin(measured from records)

From bynames/nicknames like kaharipää, kähäripää (“person with curled hair”), ultimately from kähärä.

Sources 1

Attested across 15 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Kähri counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Kähri is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
FI Finland2931 in 19K293—19
EE Estonia≈19 est.≈1 in 64K21Kähri5
CH Switzerland121 in 700K12——
SE Sweden41 in 2.6M4—1
US United States——116—8

293 people counted by DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup). Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup); Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; the ee-stat-nimed register; BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Kähri is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • a separate name7 spellings in the group

    Also written Kahri, Kaehri

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Kahri

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 2 sources across 1 country.

Official registers attesting Kähri
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
EE EstoniaStatistics Estonia — per-name Population Register counts (nimed)—21#5,196
EE EstoniaStatistics Estonia — per-name Population Register counts (nimed)—12#9,351

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Kähri mean, and where does it come from?
From bynames/nicknames like kaharipää, kähäripää (“person with curled hair”), ultimately from kähärä. Recorded by Wiktionary.
In which country does Kähri have the most bearers?
In Finland, the national register counted about 293 people named Kähri, more than in any other country we hold.
Where is Kähri most common?
Kähri is densest in Finland, where the national register counts about 1 in 19 thousand people carrying it.
How common is the name Kähri?
In Finland, the national register counted 293 people named Kähri, about 1 in 19 thousand residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Kähri”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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