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

Family Name / Last Name: Wehr
No. of characters: 4
Origin: Germany
Meaning:

The is the variation of the Warrin. Dweller at, or keeper of, a game preserve; descendant of Warren, from Old French, Warin meaning "protection".

How popular is Wehr?

Wehr is common in Germany, United States, South Africa, France, Australia, Austria, Brazil.

Wehr is ranked 50032 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Wehr bearers increased by 2.19 per cent in 2010 US census to 2753 since 2000, the surname slipped by 580 spots and ranked at 11440. The last name was found in around 9 per million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 94.3 95.43
Hispanic or Latino 2.76 1.89
Others 1.2 1.08
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.91 0.67
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.51 0.45
Black 0.33 0.48
Wehr is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in Germany which signifies its Germany provenence. Around 10275 people have been found who wears Wehr as their family name. Wehr is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with thousands of Wehr:
2,318 Germany4,550
10,590 United States3,842
Countries with hundreds of Wehr:
7,854 South Africa869
33,834 France305
17,425 Australia159
8,996 Austria148
57,835 Brazil120
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
55,804 Poland61
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
23,538 Mexico39
76,466 Canada36
71,984 Argentina35
58,718 Belgium17
34,678 Switzerland17
352,754 Thailand15
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
31,288 Peru9
184,742 England8
23,377 Ecuador7
92,666 Spain7

Immigrants to US

From Germany

Martin Wehr worked as farmer and hailed from Prussia. 60 years old embarked for New York from Hamburg on British Queen and arrived on May 9, 1850. A. Wehr, aged 26, Mechanic A. Wehr, Franz Wehr, aged 22, Laborer Valent. Wehr, Johanne Wehr, aged 21, Magdalene Wehr (24) Spinster, Andreas Wehr, Andreas Wehr, and 189 other Wehr around 50.41% of whom were farmer while others worked as mechanic and laborer, spinster, servant, brewer, merchant, smith, miller, joiner, mason migrated to US from Hamburg, Havre, Bremen and Liverpool.

Wehr Namesakes

  • Hans Wehr, German Arabist
  • Julian Wehr, was known as the "American Master of Animated Books"

Wehr Namesakes

  • Hans Wehr, German Arabist
  • Julian Wehr, was known as the "American Master of Animated Books"

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