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

The Zehr surname

In the 2000 U.S. Census, 2,594 people carried this name — #11,207 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 104,200 people counted.

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In Switzerland’s population statistics

168 people named Zehr live in Switzerland.

They live in 9 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Bern.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Bern 77
Zurich 45
Vaud 12
Neuchâtel 10
Geneva 6
Solothurn 6
Aargau 5
Schwyz 4

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 89 people named Zehr.

3 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 11 départements, most often Moselle.

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

Where they were born

Born outside France 3
Moselle 35
Paris 18
Rhône 13
Bas-Rhin 7
Haut-Rhin 4
Meurthe-et-Moselle 2
Savoie 2
Isère 2

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

When the index is not enough

This page says where Zehr is.
A volume says what happened to it.

Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.

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