The Mohr surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 17,180 people carried this name — #2,106 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 17,200 people counted. About the same as in 2000 (17,153).
In Argentina’s national register
At least 1,616 people named Mohr 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 Entre Ríos.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
796 people named Mohr live in Switzerland.
They live in 22 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
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 666 people named Mohr.
90 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 39 départements, most often Moselle.
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
177 people named Mohr have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 263 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 12 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Silesian.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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 Belgium’s population register
At least 51 people named Mohr live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Liège.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
105 people named Mohr are counted in Sweden and Finland.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
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) · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Mohr in American newspapers,
1915–1916.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 78,005 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Mohr,
with a public archive behind them.
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Benedict the Moor 1526–1589 · friar -
Kaspar Mohr 1575–1625 · inventor -
Georg Mohr 1640–1697 · mathematician -
Johann Melchior Mohr 1762–1846 · priest -
Karl Friedrich Mohr 1806–1879 · pharmacist
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 165 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Mohr.
- Mohamed 27,972 · U.S. census
- Mohammad 5,639 · U.S. census
- Mohammed 15,132 · U.S. census
- Mohan 6,188 · U.S. census
- Mohler 6,506 · U.S. census
- Mohn 3,129 · U.S. census
- Moi 358 · U.S. census
- Moine 150 · U.S. census
- Moisa 336 · U.S. census
- Moisan 540 · U.S. census
- Moisant 227 · U.S. census
- Moise 4,230 · U.S. census
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