The Lehr surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 6,537 people carried this name — #5,328 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 45,000 people counted. That is up 3% from 6,338 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 210 people named Lehr 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 La Pampa.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
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 190 people named Lehr.
20 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 25 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 Poland’s population register
117 people named Lehr have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 152 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 9 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Pomeranian.
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
58 people named Lehr live in Switzerland.
They live in 10 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 the Nordic population registers
33 people named Lehr is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
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
Lehr in American newspapers,
1903–1921.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 74,741 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Lehr,
with a public archive behind them.
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Friedrich August Lehr 1771–1831 · physician -
Samuel Daniel Lehr 1838–1915 -
Jacob Lehr 1752–1837
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Georg Philipp Lehr 1756–1807 · physician
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Józef Lehr 1811–1892
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Friedrich Lehr 1815–1890 · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Lehr.
- Lehmann 8,799 · U.S. census
- Lehn 1,448 · U.S. census
- Lehnen 658 · U.S. census
- Lehner 3,133 · U.S. census
- Lehnert 1,241 · U.S. census
- Lehoux 208 · U.S. census
- Lehrer 1,743 · U.S. census
- Lehrmann 451 · U.S. census
- Leib 1,845 · U.S. census
- Leibel 554 · U.S. census
- Leibenguth 244 · U.S. census
- Leiber 417 · U.S. census
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