Furenes Surname

1,244,200th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 186 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Norway
Highest density in:
Norway

Furenes Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Furenes Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Norway1831:28,1003,856
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Furenes Last Name Facts

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

The surname Furenes is carried by more people in Norway than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Furenes? popularity and diffusion

Furenes is the 1,244,200th most commonly occurring family name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 39,180,354 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 99 percent of Furenes live; 99 percent live in Northern Europe and 98 percent live in Scandinavia.

The last name Furenes is most common in Norway, where it is carried by 183 people, or 1 in 28,100. In Norway it is most frequent in: Western Norway, where 93 percent are found, Eastern Norway, where 4 percent are found and Southern Norway, where 3 percent are found. Excluding Norway it exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 1 percent are found and Scotland, where 1 percent are found.

Furenes Last Name Statistics demography

Furenes earn somewhat less than the average income. In Norway they earn 10.28% less than the national average, earning 310,493 kr per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Furrenes9330/
Furenets939/
Furene921/
Furreness8814/
Furones861,131/
Furenäs867/
Forenes863/
Feurene862/
Furenje862/
Furines861/
Fourene861/
Furenge861/
Fireness80122/
Furynets8087/
Furiness8035/
Furenhed8015/
Furinets8010/
Firenesh809/
Furgines801/
Foreness801/
Faurines801/
Fureaneh801/
Furine7749/
Fureni7711/
Forene772/
Furena772/
Fourhones751/
Furione7182/
Furengi7140/
Fourine7111/
Forenäs719/
Faurine712/
Firones711/
Furaine711/
Foorene711/
Virenes711/
Forenis711/
Foureny711/
Fouriner6721/
Firanees673/
Furainee671/
Fouraine671/

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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 Furenes
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