Furke Surname

5,812,366th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
India

Furke Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Furke Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India81:95,883,173728,828
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland21:2,214,93333,683
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128

Furke Last Name Facts

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

The surname Furke is most common in India. It can also appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Furke? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 5,812,366th most frequently used last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 662,504,174 people. It is predominantly found in Asia, where 73 percent of Furke are found; 73 percent are found in South Asia and 73 percent are found in Indo-South Asia.

The surname Furke is most frequently occurring in India, where it is held by 8 people, or 1 in 95,883,173. In India Furke is most frequent in: Maharashtra, where 88 percent live and Bihar, where 13 percent live. Outside of India this surname occurs in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 27 percent live.

Furke Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the Furke last name is predominantly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Furkey9151/
Fuhrke9131/
Furker9118/
Furkes9115/
Furkei912/
Furkee911/
Furcke910/
Furk8989/
Furåker8314/
Furkett835/
Fourker831/
Furka80651/
Forke80556/
Firke80538/
Furki80140/
Furck8033/
Furce8027/
Furkh8019/
Vurke803/
Furkì802/
Faurk801/
Furky801/
Furks800/
Forkey73750/
Furque73679/
Fierke73490/
Furche73413/
Fourka73354/
Furcea7399/
Firkey7352/
Forcke7352/
Foerke7328/
Furcey7322/
Fourki7322/
Forkei7312/
Vurcke7311/
Furkay739/
Fource737/
Faurkh735/
Fhirke735/
Forkie735/
Furrkh735/
Furqer733/
Fircke732/
Furkhy732/
Faurki732/
Furkai731/
Furkkh731/
Furkio731/
Firrke731/
Forkea731/
Forkee730/
Firkie730/
Fork67952/
Fourche67387/
Furquet67145/
Furková67134/
Fürk6797/
Furquez6783/
Furkova6748/
Furg6720/
Furq678/
Furkait678/
Fourkis677/
Furques676/
Forkieh672/
Furc672/
Firckey672/
Fourrkh671/
Faurkhi671/
Faurque671/
Furchee671/
Fierkey670/
Vurk670/
Fourgue670/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Furke
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