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 surname Furah occurs most in The DR Congo. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Furah? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 462,693rd most prevalent surname in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 9,996,634 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Furah live; 97 percent live in Central Africa and 97 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Furah is also the 279,236th most frequently occurring first name on earth It is held by 852 people.
The last name is most numerous in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 705 people, or 1 in 104,794. Outside of The DR Congo this surname exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 3 percent reside and Somalia, where 0 percent reside.
Furah Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Furah has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Furah surname fell 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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