Furk Surname
Approximately 89 people bear this surname
Furk Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 26 | 1:3,096,364 | 143,912 |
| England | 18 | 1:3,095,448 | 105,421 |
| Canada | 13 | 1:2,834,276 | 161,175 |
| United States | 10 | 1:36,245,893 | 832,629 |
| South Africa | 6 | 1:9,029,617 | 189,736 |
| Australia | 4 | 1:6,748,925 | 181,100 |
| Zimbabwe | 3 | 1:5,146,080 | 115,446 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 17 | 1:1,433,845 | 49,523 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 16 | 1:3,138,668 | 142,671 |
The alternate forms: Fürk (97) are calculated separately.
Furk (13) may also be a first name.
Furk Demographics
Average Furk Salary in
United States
$31,453 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Furk Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Furk Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Furk (Hindi: फुरक, Russian: Фурк) is most common in Germany. It may appear as a variant: Fürk. For other potential spellings of Furk click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Furk? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,980,395th most frequently occurring family name globally It is held by around 1 in 81,882,538 people. This last name is mostly found in Europe, where 53 percent of Furk reside; 30 percent reside in Western Europe and 30 percent reside in Germanic Europe. It is also the 3,159,357th most numerous given name worldwide It is held by 13 people.
The last name is most frequently used in Germany, where it is carried by 26 people, or 1 in 3,096,364. In Germany Furk is most numerous in: Rhineland-Palatinate, where 54 percent are found, Bavaria, where 23 percent are found and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 12 percent are found. Other than Germany this surname is found in 15 countries. It also occurs in England, where 20 percent are found and Canada, where 15 percent are found.
Furk Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Furk has changed through the years. In England the share of the population with the surname rose 106 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it declined 37 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Furk Last Name Statistics demography
The amount Furk earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 27.11% less than the national average, earning $31,453 USD per year and in Canada they earn 19.22% less than the national average, earning $40,136 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fürk | 92 | 97 | / |
| Furck | 89 | 33 | / |
| Furkh | 89 | 19 | / |
| Furke | 89 | 11 | / |
| Furkì | 89 | 2 | / |
| Faurk | 89 | 1 | / |
| Furks | 89 | 0 | / |
| Fuerk | 89 | 0 | / |
| Fuhrke | 80 | 31 | / |
| Furrkh | 80 | 5 | / |
| Faurkh | 80 | 5 | / |
| Furkkh | 80 | 1 | / |
| Furcke | 80 | 0 | / |
| Fork | 75 | 952 | / |
| Firk | 75 | 39 | / |
| Furg | 75 | 20 | / |
| Furq | 75 | 8 | / |
| Furc | 75 | 2 | / |
| Vurk | 75 | 0 | / |
| Furková | 73 | 134 | / |
| Furkova | 73 | 48 | / |
| Fourrkh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Fourc | 67 | 86 | / |
| Fierk | 67 | 12 | / |
| Firck | 67 | 11 | / |
| Fuerc | 67 | 2 | / |
| Faurq | 67 | 2 | / |
| Fourg | 67 | 2 | / |
| Fuerg | 67 | 1 | / |
| Phurk | 67 | 1 | / |
| Forkh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Furgh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Feurg | 67 | 1 | / |
| Firkh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Furgs | 67 | 0 | / |
| Foork | 67 | 0 | / |
| Furgg | 67 | 0 | / |
Furk Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Furk in the Hindi language | ||
| फुरक | phuraka | 66.67 |
| फुरकान | phurakana | 33.33 |
| Furk in the Russian language | ||
| Фурк | furk | - |
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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 Furk
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