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The Stohr surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 712 people carried this name — #32,339 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 416,700 people counted. That is down 4% from 740 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Stohr surname

From Middle High German störe (“sturgeon”).

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Stöhr» (German), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

206 people named Stohr live in Switzerland.

They live in 16 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Zurich 58
Fribourg 29
St. Gallen 25
Graubünden 25
Basel-Landschaft 12
Aargau 8
Thurgau 8
Schwyz 7

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 85 people named Stohr.

19 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 16 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Born outside France 19
Bas-Rhin 29
Moselle 9
Seine-et-Marne 5
Paris 4
Vosges 3
Jura 3
Saône-et-Loire 2
Pas-de-Calais 2

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

In the Nordic population registers

45 people named Stohr is counted in Sweden.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 45

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 Stohr,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Johann Stohr 1640–1708 · theologian
  • Johan Hubert Stohr 1869–1951 · military personnel
  • Jack Stohr 1889–1973 · military personnel
  • Albert Stohr 1890–1961 · bishop
  • Rudolf Stohr 1891–
  • Heinrich Stohr 1897–

Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

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Surnames next to Stohr.

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