Behr is used as a family name or surname in Germany. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Behr
No. of characters: 4
Origin: Germany
Meaning: Worn in the Moselle (also 88, 90), this is a person of Germanic origin name (root = bero bear) or a nickname related to the bear. With the same meaning: Baer, Beer, Baehr. Derivatives: Behra, Behrmann, Bermann, Baerel, Baermann, Baehrel, Baehrmann. All these names were often worn by askhénazes Jews.

How popular is Behr?

Behr is common in Germany.

Behr is ranked 18770 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Behr bearers increased by 3.377826 per cent in 2010 US census to 3795 since 2000, the surname slipped by 359 spots and ranked at 8659. The last name was found in around 13 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 95.57 96.54
Hispanic or Latino 1.84 1.55
Others 1.42 0.82
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.79 0.68
Behr is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in Germany which signifies that it is originated from Germany. Around 27751 people have been found who wears Behr as their family name. Behr is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
616,339 India10
28,661 Serbia8
541,660 Russia8
9,097 Wales3
24,547 Saudi Arabia3
108,034 Italy3
9,500 Ghana3
19,046 Ireland2
1,333 Guam2
31,767 Greece2
18,625 Japan2
10,183 Jordan2
26,123 Malaysia2
24,766 Scotland2
20,595 China2
17,547 Colombia2
18,718 Thailand2
14,521 Portugal2
3,350 Fiji1
134,667 Zimbabwe1
34,581 Chile1
16,228 Bulgaria1
53,033 Nigeria1
29,595 Iran1
8,828 Puerto Rico1
821 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines1
17,768 Pakistan1
47,891 Norway1
7,895 South Korea1
3,243 Suriname1
1,179 Swaziland1
8,430 Northern Ireland1
24,460 Armenia1
66,560 Philippines1
7,314 Bolivia1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
1,273 Luxembourg46
13,872 New Zealand43
37,591 Belgium37
52,316 Spain36
11,685 Singapore24
37,982 United Arab Emirates23
67,946 Czech Republic12
Countries with hundreds of Behr:
10,423 Argentina523
6,076 Peru385
3,340 Austria341
3,361 Ecuador322
13,426 Kenya314
19,682 England269
14,944 Mexico262
10,839 Netherlands261
14,941 Canada250
24,102 Poland239
5,084 Switzerland234
5,507 Israel200
15,023 Australia178
2,148 Namibia163
8,508 Sweden109
5,492 Denmark108
Countries with thousands of Behr:
7,433 United States5,103
1,506 South Africa4,438
4,665 France1,763
12,377 Brazil1,097
Countries with ten thousands of Behr:
610 Germany10,894
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Immigrants to US

From Italy

Aug. Behr was 15 years old when he migrated to New York on April 18, 1896 with Laborer Joh. Behr. He lived in Italy where he worked as laborer and took Augusta Victoria from Hamburg & Southampton.

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 behr is a surname, represents a variation of the Germanic meaning ber bears old nickname this surname is also door by Israelites.

Behr Namesakes

  • Abdi Behravanfar, Singer
  • Beth Behrs, Actress
  • Aina Behring, Television producer
  • Heidi Behrens-Benedict, Polit.
  • Alisa Behr, Actress
  • Alley Behr, MarQueis Gray's wife
  • Mark Behr, Writer
  • Samad Behrangi, Critic
  • Arash Behravan, Actor
  • Mark Behr, Writer
  • In 2013 thriller flick, For No Eyes Only, Jörn Behr portrayed Paketbote.

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