The Schurr surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,379 people carried this name — #19,567 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 212,800 people counted. That is down 10% from 1,525 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 98 people named Schurr.
6 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 11 départements, most often Paris.
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
76 people named Schurr live in Switzerland.
They live in 9 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.
Who carried it
People named Schurr,
with a public archive behind them.
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Hans Schurr 1864–1934 · architect
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Viktor Schurr 1898–1971 · theologian
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Gérald Schurr 1915–1989 · journalist
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Benno Schurr 1919–2002 · writer
Wikidata (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Schurr.
- Schumann 6,777 · U.S. census
- Schummer 390 · U.S. census
- Schunck 125 · U.S. census
- Schupp 1,917 · U.S. census
- Schuppe 272 · U.S. census
- Schurch 110 · U.S. census
- Schuster 17,325 · U.S. census
- Schutt 4,658 · U.S. census
- Schutz 5,307 · U.S. census
- Schutze 128 · U.S. census
- Schwaab 264 · U.S. census
- Schwab 16,870 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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