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The Buhr surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,452 people carried this name — #12,622 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 120,500 people counted. That is up 9% from 2,247 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 206 people named Buhr 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 Chaco.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Chaco 159
Buenos Aires Province 47

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

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 187 people named Buhr.

6 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 21 départements, most often Haut-Rhin.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 6
Haut-Rhin 76
Bas-Rhin 20
Moselle 15
Paris 15
Nord 13
Territoire de Belfort 8
Vosges 6
Saône-et-Loire 5

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

39 people named Buhr live in Switzerland.

They live in 5 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

Zurich 14
Thurgau 10
Solothurn 6
Schwyz 5
Bern 4

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 the Nordic population registers

168 people named Buhr is counted in Sweden.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 168

Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).

In print

Buhr in American newspapers,
1911–1924.

Newspaper page from Willmar Tribune carrying the name Buhr
Willmar Tribune 1915-08-25
Newspaper page from The Evening Times carrying the name Buhr
The Evening Times 1911-07-20
Newspaper page from The Wolf Point Herald carrying the name Buhr
The Wolf Point Herald 1924-11-27

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 12,614 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Buhr,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Jochen Buhr d. 1915 · soldier
  • František Buhr 1896–1966 · Esperantist
  • Karl Buhr 1897–1942
  • Herbert Buhr 1902–1968 · university teacher
  • Manfred Buhr 1927–2008 · university teacher
  • Manfred Buhr 1927–2008 · university teacher

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

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