Explore the Family Name Bohr

The meaning of Bohr

1. German: from a short form of the medieval personal name Liborius (see Liborio), the name of the patron saint of the city of Paderborn. 2. Germanized form of Sorbian Bór or other Slavic Bor. 3. Danish and Swedish: from North German Bahr ‘bear’.

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How common is the last name Bohr in the United States?

According to the data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname Bohr ranked 15,490th in popularity in the United States in 2000 and it slightly fell to 16,228th in 2010, marking a 4.76% decrease in its ranking. However, the count of individuals with this surname increased from 1,735 in 2000 to 1,779 in 2010, showing a 2.54% increase. The proportion of people with this surname per 100,000 population also decreased by 6.25%, from 0.64 in 2000 to 0.6 in 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#15,490	#16,228	-4.76%
Count	1,735	1,779	2.54%
Proportion per 100k	0.64	0.6	-6.25%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Bohr

In terms of ethnic identity, the Decennial U.S. Census data reveals that the percentage of individuals with the Bohr surname identifying as White was predominantly high, reaching 95.10% in 2000 and slightly falling to 94.83% in 2010. Those who identified as Asian/Pacific Islander decreased from 0.69% in 2000 to 0.45% in 2010. Conversely, the percentage of those identifying as having two or more ethnicities grew notably from 1.10% in 2000 to 1.63% in 2010. Furthermore, there was a small increase in those identifying as Hispanic, from 2.48% in 2000 to 2.81% in 2010. Those identifying as Black and American Indian and Alaskan Native in 2010 were both suppressed for privacy.

	2000	2010	Change
White	95.1%	94.83%	-0.28%
Hispanic	2.48%	2.81%	13.31%
Two or More Races	1.1%	1.63%	48.18%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0.69%	0.45%	-34.78%
Black	0.29%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0.35%	0%	0%