Furby Surname

284,627th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,352 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Gibraltar

Furby Surname Definition:

From Firby; a location name in Kent, Yorkshire.

Furby Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States6451:561,95246,273
England4451:125,20912,540
Australia681:396,99632,204
Scotland591:90,7436,412
South Africa371:1,464,26276,407
Sweden221:447,58032,003
Canada181:2,046,977128,463
New Zealand131:348,33327,379
Israel91:950,84857,975
Switzerland81:1,026,61463,315
Wales71:442,07621,198
Russia51:28,824,611530,332
France21:33,211,361423,184
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
Gibraltar11:33,9541,660
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1791:136,17512,443
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States871:577,22639,167

Furby (31) may also be a first name.

Furby Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

From Firby; a location name in Kent, Yorkshire.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

Furby Last Name Facts

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

Furby occurs in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may also be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Furby? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 284,627th most frequently occurring last name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 5,390,197 people. Furby is primarily found in The Americas, where 49 percent of Furby reside; 49 percent reside in North America and 49 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Furby is also the 1,874,099th most frequently used first name at a global level It is held by 31 people.

The last name Furby is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is borne by 645 people, or 1 in 561,952. In The United States Furby is primarily concentrated in: Mississippi, where 10 percent reside, Nebraska, where 9 percent reside and West Virginia, where 9 percent reside. Excluding The United States this surname exists in 26 countries. It also occurs in England, where 33 percent reside and Australia, where 5 percent reside.

Furby Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Furby has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Furby last name increased 741 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 249 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Furby Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Furby surname is predominantly Anglican (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Furby surname are 2.74% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 55.97% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Furby earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 95.51% more than the national average, earning R 464,616 per year; in United States they earn 2.07% less than the national average, earning $42,254 USD per year and in Canada they earn 24.93% more than the national average, earning $62,070 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Faurby91283/
Furbay91184/
Furbey9183/
Fourby9153/
Furboy910/
Fourbay831/
Firby80649/
Forby80399/
Furba8065/
Furvy807/
Furbi804/
Furbe803/
Furber732,814/
Furbee731,095/
Forbay73504/
Forbey73178/
Fourbe7325/
Fourba732/
Fourbé732/
Forboy732/
Firbay731/
Furbes731/
Furway731/
Forbiy731/
Phurby730/
Furbet730/
Firbey730/
Furbis730/
Furbie730/
Furvey730/
Furbish67413/
Fourbet6767/
Fourway679/
Fourbes671/
Furberr671/
Faurber671/
Furbett670/
Furbech670/
Furbest670/
Fhurber670/
Furbich670/
Furbesh670/
Furbitt670/

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Furby Reference & Research

Furby DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.

Furby FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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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
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  • 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 Furby
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