The Sohm surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 501 people carried this name — #43,151 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 588,200 people counted. That is up 19% from 421 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 156 people named Sohm.
Those born in France came from 29 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
145 people named Sohm live in Switzerland.
They live in 9 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Bern.
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 Sohm,
with a public archive behind them.
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Rudolph Sohm 1841–1917 · jurist -
André Sohm d. 1999
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Theodor Sohm 1843–1924 · judge
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Viktor Sohm 1869–1960 · merchant
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Viktor Sohm 1869–1960 · merchant
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Willi Sohm 1913–1974 · screenwriter
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Sohm.
When the index is not enough
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