The Mehr surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,415 people carried this name — #19,189 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 208,300 people counted. That is up 9% from 1,298 in 2000.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
419 people named Mehr live in Switzerland.
They live in 18 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Lucerne.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 117 people named Mehr.
10 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 14 départements, most often Haut-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 Poland’s population register
85 people named Mehr have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 96 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 3 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Greater Poland.
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 the Nordic population registers
27 people named Mehr 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).
Who carried it
People named Mehr,
with a public archive behind them.
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Hjalmar Mehr 1910–1979 · politician -
Farhang Mehr 1923–2018 · politician -
Aron Mehr 1865–1943
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Malvine Mehr 1871–1940
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Regina Mehr 1873–1940
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Otto Mehr 1884–1964 · teacher
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Mehr.
When the index is not enough
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