Fuhr Surname
Approximately 13,856 people bear this surname
Fuhr Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 5,067 | 1:15,888 | 2,095 |
| Brazil | 3,642 | 1:58,779 | 2,218 |
| United States | 2,329 | 1:155,629 | 15,913 |
| Argentina | 1,769 | 1:24,162 | 2,016 |
| Canada | 555 | 1:66,388 | 7,685 |
| Norway | 157 | 1:32,753 | 4,576 |
| Switzerland | 43 | 1:190,998 | 16,977 |
| South Africa | 43 | 1:1,259,947 | 70,377 |
| Paraguay | 37 | 1:195,588 | 3,664 |
| England | 31 | 1:1,797,357 | 72,927 |
| France | 26 | 1:2,554,720 | 189,486 |
| Sweden | 20 | 1:492,338 | 35,486 |
| Denmark | 20 | 1:282,236 | 21,168 |
| Australia | 19 | 1:1,420,826 | 73,129 |
| Netherlands | 15 | 1:1,125,812 | 68,885 |
| Spain | 13 | 1:3,596,310 | 69,669 |
| Gibraltar | 10 | 1:3,395 | 741 |
| New Zealand | 8 | 1:566,040 | 34,598 |
| Thailand | 7 | 1:10,091,192 | 512,203 |
| Czechia | 6 | 1:1,772,245 | 105,647 |
| Poland | 5 | 1:7,601,750 | 167,855 |
| Kazakhstan | 4 | 1:4,420,624 | 134,293 |
| Belgium | 4 | 1:2,874,161 | 111,046 |
| Greece | 4 | 1:2,769,948 | 101,568 |
| Mexico | 3 | 1:41,375,402 | 71,397 |
| Venezuela | 3 | 1:10,068,026 | 60,591 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Chile | 2 | 1:8,808,237 | 65,417 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Transnistria | 1 | 1:474,699 | 17,893 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 3 | 1:1,476,622 | 29,385 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 5 | 1:4,875,074 | 116,529 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 341 | 1:147,269 | 13,727 |
The alternate forms: Führ (727) are calculated separately.
Fuhr (12) may also be a first name.
Fuhr Demographics
Average Male Fuhr Height
176.3 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Fuhr Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Fuhr Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Fuhr occurs most in Germany. It may also occur in the variant forms: Führ. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Fuhr? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 37,998th most commonly occurring family name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 525,949 people. The surname Fuhr occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 60 percent of Fuhr reside; 39 percent reside in South America and 37 percent reside in Germanic Europe. Fuhr is also the 3,306,491st most numerous first name throughout the world, held by 12 people.
This surname is most common in Germany, where it is borne by 5,067 people, or 1 in 15,888. In Germany Fuhr is primarily found in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 21 percent live, Hesse, where 21 percent live and Rhineland-Palatinate, where 21 percent live. Not including Germany this surname occurs in 37 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 26 percent live and The United States, where 17 percent live.
Fuhr Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Fuhr has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Fuhr last name increased 683 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 620 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Fuhr Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is principally Anglican (67%) in Ireland.
In The United States those holding the Fuhr last name are 12.02% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 58.79% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Fuhr earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 27.92% more than the national average, earning 442,689 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 159.77% more than the national average, earning R 617,316 per year; in United States they earn 9.47% more than the national average, earning $47,236 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.71% less than the national average, earning $48,339 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Führ | 92 | 727 | / |
| Fuhre | 89 | 137 | / |
| Fuhrt | 89 | 55 | / |
| Fuhrr | 89 | 4 | / |
| Fauhr | 89 | 0 | / |
| Feuhr | 89 | 0 | / |
| Fur | 86 | 1,849 | / |
| Fauthr | 80 | 1 | / |
| Furr | 75 | 11,646 | / |
| Faur | 75 | 10,751 | / |
| Four | 75 | 9,308 | / |
| Fure | 75 | 2,114 | / |
| Furt | 75 | 792 | / |
| Furd | 75 | 302 | / |
| Feur | 75 | 94 | / |
| Furø | 75 | 75 | / |
| Furh | 75 | 40 | / |
| Fuir | 75 | 32 | / |
| Furz | 75 | 18 | / |
| Fhur | 75 | 18 | / |
| Furå | 75 | 13 | / |
| Fuur | 75 | 3 | / |
| Vuhr | 75 | 2 | / |
| Futr | 75 | 2 | / |
| Fhor | 75 | 1 | / |
| Furp | 75 | 1 | / |
| Furď | 75 | 1 | / |
| Fusr | 75 | 0 | / |
| Fuhrová | 73 | 5 | / |
| Faure | 67 | 84,624 | / |
| Furre | 67 | 1,970 | / |
| Foure | 67 | 1,743 | / |
| Furrh | 67 | 580 | / |
| Fourt | 67 | 549 | / |
| Pfurr | 67 | 164 | / |
| Feurt | 67 | 143 | / |
| Fahur | 67 | 89 | / |
| Fourr | 67 | 81 | / |
| Fourd | 67 | 57 | / |
| Faurt | 67 | 32 | / |
| Feure | 67 | 27 | / |
| Fuire | 67 | 24 | / |
| Pfure | 67 | 21 | / |
| Pfaur | 67 | 19 | / |
| Feurh | 67 | 16 | / |
| Faurd | 67 | 12 | / |
| Fourh | 67 | 9 | / |
| Furht | 67 | 7 | / |
| Fausr | 67 | 3 | / |
| Pfour | 67 | 3 | / |
| Furtt | 67 | 2 | / |
| Fourz | 67 | 2 | / |
| Fusrt | 67 | 1 | / |
| Furhe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fuirz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fheur | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fgaur | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wfurr | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fhorr | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fhurr | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pfurd | 67 | 1 | / |
| Furdh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fau'r | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fhour | 67 | 1 | / |
| Faurr | 67 | 0 | / |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Fuhr
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