Kohr

surname · Latin script

Meaning: from a short form of the personal name Cordes (see Kordes)

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/ˈkɔɹ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Kohr is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • DEGermany≈1 in 103K(inferred from the name graph)
  • GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 172K
  • USUnited States1 in 219K

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.

United States (measured from records)

1,520 people, 2010

Sources
212 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 29K (inferred from the name graph)

Lebanon, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

from a short form of the personal name Cordes (see Kordes).

Sources 1

  • Dictionary of American Family Names

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Kohr 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 Kohr is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States—1,5201 in 219K1.5KKohr212
DE Germany—≈780 est.≈1 in 103K—Kohr65
GB United Kingdom—≈380 est.≈1 in 172K—Kohr9
LB Lebanon#911≈190 est.≈1 in 29K—Kohr1
FR France—≈120 est.≈1 in 546K13—1
AT Austria—≈26 est.≈1 in 346K—Kohr7

1,520 people counted by Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010, 2010. 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: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000). 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)

Kohr is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Spanish surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Brazil, Argentina, Colombia

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Köhr

  • French surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, United States

    Also written Köhr

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Köhr

  • Hindi surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States

    Languages: Hindi, Urdu

    Also written Köhr

34 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

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.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

190019502000Leopold Kohr, b. 1909Harald Kohr, b. 1962Dominik Kohr, b. 1994Karoline Kohr, b. 1996

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalDear Kohr,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 10 sources across 4 countries.

Official registers attesting Kohr
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 201020101.5K#18,272
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 200020001.5K#17,734
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 202020201.3K#20,336
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)197119—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)196115—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)195115—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)194114—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)199113—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)198112—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)190110—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)19319—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)19118—

Reference works 3

  • Dictionary of American Family Names
  • Wikipedia surname tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

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

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Kohr mean, and where does it come from?
from a short form of the personal name Cordes (see Kordes). Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names.
How do you pronounce Kohr?
A machine transcription gives /ˈkɔɹ/ (IPA) for English.
In which country does Kohr have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 1.5 thousand people named Kohr, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled kohr.
How common is the name Kohr?
In the United States, the national register counted 1,520 people named Kohr in 2010, about 1 in 219 thousand residents.
How common is Kohr compared with other names?
In Lebanon, Kohr is the 911th most common surname of 45,185 surnames recorded there.

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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, “Kohr” — the 911th most common surname in Lebanon. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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