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 more frequently found in Norway than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Furenes? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,244,200th most prevalent family name in the world, held by around 1 in 39,180,354 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 99 percent of Furenes are found; 99 percent are found in Northern Europe and 98 percent are found in Scandinavia.

This surname is most widespread in Norway, where it is held by 183 people, or 1 in 28,100. In Norway it is most frequent in: Western Norway, where 93 percent live, Eastern Norway, where 4 percent live and Southern Norway, where 3 percent live. Barring Norway Furenes occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 1 percent live and Scotland, where 1 percent live.

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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