Furera Surname

757,040th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 378 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Furera Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Furera Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria3041:582,70628,118
Cameroon481:432,68936,488
Uganda161:2,439,95572,451
Zimbabwe101:1,543,82478,460

Furera (19,569) may also be a first name.

Furera Last Name Facts

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

Furera is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Furera? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 757,040th most prevalent family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 19,279,222 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Furera live; 80 percent live in West Africa and 80 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Furera is also the 38,456th most frequently used forename worldwide. It is borne by 19,569 people.

The surname is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is held by 304 people, or 1 in 582,706. In Nigeria Furera is most numerous in: Yobe, where 54 percent are found, Gombe, where 22 percent are found and Kano, where 15 percent are found. Aside from Nigeria this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 13 percent are found and Uganda, where 4 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Fourera92228/
Fureraj9231/
Fureera922/
Furerah921/
Furreraj864/
Foureira863/
Furreira862/
Ffourera861/
Fourerra861/
Fourerai861/
Firera83261/
Furere83114/
Forera8311/
Fureri839/
Furara838/
Furira837/
Furero835/
Furora834/
Vurera831/
Fuerreyra801/
Fourgeray800/
Furgeri77555/
Fourira77531/
Furieri77336/
Firrera77115/
Furaira77107/
Faurora7722/
Furiere7713/
Furrere776/
Furiero774/
Furirai772/
Furarah772/
Furraro771/
Furhere771/
Faurere771/
Forrera771/
Fuhrere771/
Furgere771/
Furearo771/
Furrara771/
Furrora770/
Fourgereau7555/
Fautrero71138/
Fourgere7114/
Firreira715/
Forreira713/
Fuerrero712/
Furrieri712/
Furerish711/
Furerest711/
Firriera711/
Fouriere711/
Furriere711/
Furgerro710/
Forero6784,252/
Virera67126/
Forere67109/
Fourriere67101/
Vurira6732/
Firira6714/
Faurreret676/
Furaro674/
Firero674/
Fierreira672/
Firora672/
Vurara671/
Vurere671/
Foerreira671/
Fuerreiro671/

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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 Furera
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