Spohr surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Spohr surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 675 people carried this name — #33,731 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 434,800 people counted. That is up 3% from 658 in 2000.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 160 people named Spohr.

6 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 8 départements, most often Moselle.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 6
Moselle 82
Bas-Rhin 40
Paris 13
Aube 7
Haut-Rhin 7
Haute-Garonne 3
Charente 1
Meurthe-et-Moselle 1

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

33 people named Spohr live in Switzerland.

They live in 5 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

Zurich 10
Bern 6
Fribourg 6
Geneva 6
Lucerne 5

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 Spohr,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Dorette Spohr
    Dorette Spohr 1787–1834 · pianist
  • Max Spohr
    Max Spohr 1850–1905 · bookseller
  • Louis Spohr 1784–1859 · composer
  • Friedrich Spohr 1830–1896 · composer
  • Carl Spohr 1861–1936 · photographer
  • Carl Spohr 1861–1936 · photographer

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 8 lives in all are documented under this name.

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