The Kehr surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,542 people carried this name — #18,078 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 192,300 people counted. That is down 3% from 1,596 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Kehr surname
From the German surname from the noun kere (“bend of a corner”), probably related to kehren (“to turn around”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Kehr» (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 115 people named Kehr.
1 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 16 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where 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
28 people named Kehr live in Switzerland.
They live in 4 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.
Who carried it
People named Kehr,
with a public archive behind them.
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Edward C. Kehr 1837–1918 · lawyer -
Paul Fridolin Kehr 1860–1944 · historian -
Hans Kehr 1862–1916 · surgeon -
Ludwig Christian Kehr 1775–1848 · writer
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Carl Kehr 1830–1885 · writer
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Cyrus Kehr 1856–1941 · writer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Kehr.
- Kebe 437 · U.S. census
- Kechichian 142 · U.S. census
- Keck 11,186 · U.S. census
- Kedzierski 609 · U.S. census
- Kedziora 188 · U.S. census
- Kehl 2,514 · U.S. census
- Kehren 202 · U.S. census
- Kehres 620 · U.S. census
- Keiffer 1,251 · U.S. census
- Keil 6,603 · U.S. census
- Keim 7,769 · U.S. census
- Keime 119 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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