Bohrer surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Bohrer surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,933 people carried this name — #10,860 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 101,000 people counted. That is down 1% from 2,969 in 2000.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 379 people named Bohrer.

15 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 20 départements, most often Haut-Rhin.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 15
Haut-Rhin 280
Territoire de Belfort 25
Paris 14
Bas-Rhin 7
Aube 6
Marne 4
Seine-et-Marne 3
Eure-et-Loir 3

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

198 people named Bohrer live in Switzerland.

They live in 13 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Basel-Landschaft.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Basel-Landschaft 66
Zurich 21
St. Gallen 21
Bern 17
Vaud 15
Glarus 14
Solothurn 10
Basel-Stadt 9

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 Argentina’s national register

At least 42 people named Bohrer live in Argentina.

RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Misiones.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Misiones 42

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

Who carried it

People named Bohrer,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Max Bohrer
    Max Bohrer 1785–1867 · composer
  • Thomas Bohrer
    Thomas Bohrer 1887–1952 · speed skater
  • Caspar Bohrer d. 1809 · violist
  • Conrad Böhrer 1712–1756 · medalist
  • Leon Bohrer 1868–1943
  • Florence Fifer Bohrer 1877–1960 · politician

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

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