Fuerst Surname

109,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,268 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Israel

Fuerst Surname Definition:

(German) One who acted the part of a prince in play or pageant; member of a prince's entourage.

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Fuerst Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3,0121:120,33812,879
Israel3651:23,4463,455
Germany2791:288,55029,983
Canada1661:221,96121,363
Brazil1571:1,363,53146,236
Poland731:520,66850,348
Austria531:160,66921,171
Australia361:749,88148,970
Switzerland311:264,93321,684
Thailand231:3,071,232294,953
Scotland181:297,43413,849
New Zealand61:754,72041,661
England61:9,286,343223,652
Japan51:25,568,85950,629
Croatia41:1,057,15157,892
France31:22,140,907385,998
Russia31:48,041,019639,186
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Denmark21:2,822,35876,882
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Slovenia11:2,487,67531,128
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
North Macedonia11:2,101,47231,546
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Burkina Faso11:18,352,10030,051
Armenia11:2,930,18022,770
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1601:313,86724,665

Fuerst Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(German) One who acted the part of a prince in play or pageant; member of a prince's entourage.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

User-submitted Reference

This is a German surname, meaning 'prince'.

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Fuerst Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Fuerst Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Fuerst occurs most in The United States. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Fuerst? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 109,072nd most commonly used family name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 1,707,485 people. The last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 70 percent of Fuerst are found; 66 percent are found in North America and 66 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

This last name is most frequent in The United States, where it is held by 3,012 people, or 1 in 120,338. In The United States Fuerst is mostly found in: Ohio, where 16 percent are found, New York, where 8 percent are found and Wisconsin, where 7 percent are found. Apart from The United States it exists in 42 countries. It also occurs in Israel, where 9 percent are found and Germany, where 7 percent are found.

Fuerst Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Fuerst has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname increased 1,883 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 600 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Fuerst Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Fuerst surname are 12.68% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 59.45% registered with the party.

The amount Fuerst earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 6.04% more than the national average, earning $45,756 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.47% more than the national average, earning $50,912 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Fuerste9284/
Furst916,274/
Fuers912/
Fierst83750/
Foerst83552/
Feerst83138/
Feurst8349/
Fursht8316/
Fuirst8310/
Fearst833/
Furszt833/
Fourst832/
Fuerct831/
Feirst830/
Fouers830/
Faerst830/
Faurst830/
Fierszt775/
Fuersch772/
Furscht771/
Fiierst771/
Fürst7318,206/
First732,020/
Buers73295/
Vurst7345/
Fűrst7327/
Furšt7312/
Fuirs731/
Faihurst712/
Fajerszt711/
Fayhurst711/
Firszt67839/
Fürste67433/
Fuerch6785/
Firsht6759/
Buirst6729/
Firsst678/
Fürsth676/
Firsth674/
Fuerze674/
Führst671/
Fürszt671/
Vurrst671/
Pfirst670/

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