Fuhrken Surname

540,721st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 594 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Fuhrken Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Fuhrken Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany3711:216,99624,454
United States1351:2,684,881161,220
Mexico411:3,027,46822,993
Argentina261:1,643,97788,124
Brazil161:13,379,646256,605
Thailand51:14,127,669603,945
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:12,554,671503,821

Fuhrken Last Name Facts

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

The surname Fuhrken occurs most in Germany. It can also appear as:. For other potential spellings of Fuhrken click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Fuhrken? popularity and diffusion

Fuhrken is the 540,721st most frequently occurring last name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 12,268,596 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 62 percent of Fuhrken reside; 62 percent reside in Western Europe and 62 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

Fuhrken is most frequent in Germany, where it is borne by 371 people, or 1 in 216,996. In Germany Fuhrken is most prevalent in: Lower Saxony, where 77 percent are found, Bremen, where 6 percent are found and Schleswig-Holstein, where 5 percent are found. Barring Germany Fuhrken exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 23 percent are found and Mexico, where 7 percent are found.

Fuhrken Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Fuhrken has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Fuhrken last name expanded 3,375 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Fuhrken Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Fuhrken surname are 18.65% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 71.88% being registered to vote for the political party.

Fuhrken earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 6.22% more than the national average, earning $45,833 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Furken9226/
Fuhrkn921/
Furhken861/
Fourken861/
Fihrken860/
Fuhrkin860/
Furkin77231/
Forken7736/
Firken773/
Furkyn772/
Furkina7119/
Furkyna711/
Furchen710/
Furceen710/
Furqn671/
Forkin621,048/
Firkin62536/
Furcin6278/
Forkén6210/
Forkyn628/
Furqun627/
Furqin621/
Forkhn621/
Furqhn621/
Vurkin621/
Furquin57383/
Fourcin57184/
Furchin5710/
Firckin572/
Foorqen571/
Forquen571/
Phurkin571/
Fourquin53258/
Feurquin531/

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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 Fuhrken
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