The Bohr surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,779 people carried this name — #16,228 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 166,700 people counted. That is up 3% from 1,735 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Bohr surname
German: from a short form of a personal name of Slavic origin (Boris), or from a reduced form of the medieval personal name Liborius, patron saint of the city of Paderborn. Danish and Swedish: from German Baar, Bahr, recorded in Denmark since the 18th century.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Bohr» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 165 people named Bohr.
13 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 8 départements, most often Moselle.
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 Poland’s population register
45 people named Bohr have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 71 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 7 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Lower Silesian.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
20 people named Bohr live in Switzerland.
They live in 4 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
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
Bohr in American newspapers,
1869.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 25,013 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Bohr,
with a public archive behind them.
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Henrik Georg Christian Bohr 1813–1880 · head teacher -
Henrik Bohr 1844–1904 · engineer -
Ellen Bohr 1860–1930 -
Peter Bohr 1773–1847 · entrepreneur
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Gottfried Bohr 1773–1832 · musician
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Gottfried Bohr 1773–1832 · musician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Bohr.
- Bohler 1,335 · U.S. census
- Bohlinger 308 · U.S. census
- Bohm 2,426 · U.S. census
- Bohn 9,272 · U.S. census
- Bohner 1,698 · U.S. census
- Bohnert 1,661 · U.S. census
- Bohrer 2,933 · U.S. census
- Bohy 117 · U.S. census
- Boi 177 · U.S. census
- Boilard 356 · U.S. census
- Boileau 878 · U.S. census
- Boillat 147 · U.S. census
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