Furka Surname
Approximately 651 people bear this surname
Furka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hungary | 172 | 1:57,071 | 5,998 |
| United States | 156 | 1:2,323,455 | 144,218 |
| Ukraine | 91 | 1:500,249 | 57,402 |
| Slovakia | 84 | 1:63,529 | 12,320 |
| Poland | 57 | 1:666,820 | 57,730 |
| Czechia | 29 | 1:366,671 | 43,532 |
| Germany | 17 | 1:4,735,615 | 183,652 |
| Russia | 11 | 1:13,102,096 | 377,010 |
| Switzerland | 9 | 1:912,546 | 58,198 |
| Australia | 5 | 1:5,399,140 | 162,351 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Austria | 3 | 1:2,838,478 | 93,604 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 8 | 1:6,277,336 | 262,771 |
The alternate forms: Fúrka (1) are calculated separately.
Furka (46) may also be a first name.
Furka Demographics
Furka Political Affiliation
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Furka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Furka Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Furka (Arabic: فوركا, Hindi: फुरका, Russian: Фурка) occurs more in Hungary more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as: Fúrka. Click here to see other possible spellings of Furka.
How Common Is The Last Name Furka? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 504,389th most widely held last name on earth It is held by around 1 in 11,194,387 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 74 percent of Furka live; 68 percent live in Eastern Europe and 26 percent live in Hungaro-Europe. It is also the 1,484,914th most frequently held first name throughout the world, held by 46 people.
It is most widely held in Hungary, where it is carried by 172 people, or 1 in 57,071. In Hungary it is most common in: Budapest, where 29 percent are found, Hajdú-Bihar County, where 27 percent are found and Békés County, where 16 percent are found. Besides Hungary this last name occurs in 19 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 24 percent are found and Ukraine, where 14 percent are found.
Furka Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Furka has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Furka last name expanded 1,950 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Furka Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Furka surname are 5.61% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 52.38% registered with the political party.
Furka earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 2.39% less than the national average, earning $42,118 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fúrka | 93 | 1 | / |
| Fourka | 91 | 354 | / |
| Furkas | 91 | 28 | / |
| Furkay | 91 | 9 | / |
| Furkah | 91 | 1 | / |
| Furkai | 91 | 1 | / |
| Fourkas | 83 | 248 | / |
| Furkach | 83 | 11 | / |
| Furkait | 83 | 8 | / |
| Furkacz | 83 | 4 | / |
| Fourkah | 83 | 1 | / |
| Furca | 80 | 547 | / |
| Firka | 80 | 288 | / |
| Forka | 80 | 268 | / |
| Furko | 80 | 244 | / |
| Furkó | 80 | 148 | / |
| Furki | 80 | 140 | / |
| Furqa | 80 | 24 | / |
| Furke | 80 | 11 | / |
| Furky | 80 | 1 | / |
| Fourkach | 77 | 9 | / |
| Fourkasj | 77 | 2 | / |
| Furcas | 73 | 939 | / |
| Fierka | 73 | 540 | / |
| Forkay | 73 | 418 | / |
| Furcea | 73 | 99 | / |
| Furkey | 73 | 51 | / |
| Furqah | 73 | 31 | / |
| Fuhrke | 73 | 31 | / |
| Furqat | 73 | 29 | / |
| Furcap | 73 | 23 | / |
| Fourki | 73 | 22 | / |
| Vourka | 73 | 18 | / |
| Furker | 73 | 18 | / |
| Furkes | 73 | 15 | / |
| Firkaľ | 73 | 11 | / |
| Furcat | 73 | 9 | / |
| Furkhy | 73 | 2 | / |
| Faurki | 73 | 2 | / |
| Furkei | 73 | 2 | / |
| Forkoa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Furqad | 73 | 1 | / |
| Vurkaj | 73 | 1 | / |
| Furkoh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Forkea | 73 | 1 | / |
| Furkee | 73 | 1 | / |
| Furkio | 73 | 1 | / |
| Furqua | 73 | 0 | / |
| Fourca | 73 | 0 | / |
| Furcke | 73 | 0 | / |
| Fourcat | 67 | 52 | / |
| Fourkou | 67 | 36 | / |
| Fourkos | 67 | 20 | / |
| Furåker | 67 | 14 | / |
| Fourkis | 67 | 7 | / |
| Furkett | 67 | 5 | / |
| Phurkas | 67 | 4 | / |
| Fourcad | 67 | 2 | / |
| Fuhrkop | 67 | 1 | / |
| Furquat | 67 | 1 | / |
| Furqash | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fourker | 67 | 1 | / |
| Faurkhi | 67 | 1 | / |
Furka Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Furka in the Hindi language | ||
| फुरका | phuraka | 75 |
| फुरकान | phurakana | 25 |
| Furka in the Russian language | ||
| Фурка | furka | - |
| Furka in the Arabic language | ||
| فوركا | fwrka | - |
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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 Furka
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