Furah Surname
Approximately 729 people bear this surname
Furah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 705 | 1:104,794 | 11,642 |
| Uganda | 22 | 1:1,774,513 | 60,490 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 8 | 1:6,277,336 | 262,771 |
Furah (852) may also be a first name.
Furah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Furah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Furah is more frequently found in The DR Congo than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Furah? popularity and diffusion
Furah is the 462,693rd most frequently used last name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 9,996,634 people. Furah occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Furah reside; 97 percent reside in Central Africa and 97 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 279,236th most commonly occurring first name world-wide, held by 852 people.
The surname is most common in The DR Congo, where it is held by 705 people, or 1 in 104,794. Barring The DR Congo this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 3 percent live and Somalia, where 0 percent live.
Furah Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Furah has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname contracted 87 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Furah
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