The Lohr surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 6,506 people carried this name — #5,348 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 45,200 people counted. About the same as in 2000 (6,506).
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 209 people named Lohr.
9 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 19 départements, most often Bas-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 Switzerland’s population statistics
99 people named Lohr 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
135 people named Lohr 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
Lohr in American newspapers,
1917–1919.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.
Who carried it
People named Lohr,
with a public archive behind them.
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Michael Lohr 1591–1654 · composer
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Franz Joseph Lohr 1705– · parson
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Antal Lohr 1824–1887 · architect
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Johann Lohr 1828– · organist
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Wilhelm Lohr 1839–1906 · superintendent
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August Lohr 1842–1920 · artist
Wikidata (CC0) · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Lohr.
- Loger 214 · U.S. census
- Logghe 108 · U.S. census
- Logie 453 · U.S. census
- Login 115 · U.S. census
- Lohmann 1,965 · U.S. census
- Lohner 408 · U.S. census
- Loi 1,357 · U.S. census
- Loiacono 1,693 · U.S. census
- Loignon 137 · U.S. census
- Loiseau 847 · U.S. census
- Loisel 415 · U.S. census
- Loiselle 2,004 · U.S. census
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