The Bihr surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 133 people carried this name — #128,249 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 2,000,000 people counted. That is down 6% from 141 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 239 people named Bihr.
11 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 15 départements, most often Haut-Rhin.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
43 people named Bihr live in Switzerland.
They live in 6 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Aargau.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In print
Bihr in American newspapers,
1897–1918.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 3,082 pages in all carry the name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Bihr.
When the index is not enough
This page says where Bihr is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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