Fuhrbach Surname

1,980,395th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 89 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Fuhrbach Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Fuhrbach Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany801:1,006,31869,119
United States71:51,779,848968,877
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459

The alternate forms: Führbach (13) are calculated separately.

Fuhrbach Last Name Facts

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

The surname Fuhrbach is more frequently found in Germany than any other country or territory. It can occur as: Führbach. For other potential spellings of Fuhrbach click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Fuhrbach? popularity and diffusion

Fuhrbach is the 1,980,395th most widely held last name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 81,882,538 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 92 percent of Fuhrbach are found; 91 percent are found in Western Europe and 91 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

It is most frequently used in Germany, where it is carried by 80 people, or 1 in 1,006,318. In Germany Fuhrbach is mostly found in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 56 percent are found, Hesse, where 24 percent are found and Bavaria, where 9 percent are found. Outside of Germany it occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 8 percent are found and The Netherlands, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Führbach9613/
Furbach9334/
Fuerbach8826/
Feurbach884/
Faurbach882/
Furbah861/
Faurbauch820/
Fürbach80279/
Forbach80201/
Firbach8036/
Fűrbach8010/
Furbahs801/
Furbech800/
Furbash800/
Furbachova783/
Furbachová782/
Furba7765/
Fierbach7527/
Fihrboch750/
Feurbech750/
Furbay71184/
Fourba712/
Furbau711/
Forbac711/
Fürbachová67129/
Fürbahs679/
Fűrbachová672/
Fourbay671/
Furbass671/
Fürbech671/
Forbash671/

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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 Fuhrbach
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