Furko Surname

1,032,007th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 244 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ukraine
Highest density in:
Croatia

Furko Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Furko Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ukraine1061:429,45951,143
Croatia441:96,10515,577
Slovakia281:190,58832,093
United States281:12,944,962483,512
Poland131:2,923,750116,258
Russia91:16,013,673414,297
Czechia41:2,658,367127,801
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
Hungary21:4,908,13864,617
Kyrgyzstan21:2,986,32784,533
England11:55,718,059489,080
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716

The alternate forms: Furkó (148) are calculated separately.

Furko (12) may also be a first name.

Furko Last Name Facts

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

Furko (Russian: Фурко) is carried by more people in Ukraine than any other country/territory. It can be found as: Furkó. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Furko? popularity and diffusion

The surname Furko is the 1,032,007th most commonly occurring family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 29,866,991 people. The last name Furko occurs mostly in Europe, where 86 percent of Furko are found; 67 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 47 percent are found in East Slavic Europe. It is also the 3,306,491st most frequently held forename internationally, held by 12 people.

Furko is most frequently used in Ukraine, where it is held by 106 people, or 1 in 429,459. In Ukraine Furko is primarily concentrated in: Lviv Oblast, where 44 percent reside, Kirovohrad Oblast, where 18 percent reside and Ternopil Oblast, where 15 percent reside. Other than Ukraine this surname exists in 14 countries. It is also common in Croatia, where 18 percent reside and Slovakia, where 11 percent reside.

Furko Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is primarily Orthodox (40%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those holding the Furko surname are 8.79% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 55.56% registered to vote for the party.

Furko earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 17.34% less than the national average, earning $35,669 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Furkó93148/
Furkoh911/
Fourkou8336/
Fourkos8320/
Fuhrkop831/
Furka80651/
Furco80472/
Forko80408/
Firko80282/
Vurko806/
Forkuo732,477/
Fourka73354/
Furcoi73244/
Fierko7343/
Forkou7336/
Furkas7328/
Firkho7322/
Furcoň735/
Firkoj734/
Furcoy733/
Fľorko732/
Furcos732/
Fircko731/
Furkah731/
Fourco731/
Forkoi731/
Forkoa731/
Forkoy731/
Forkuoh671,212/
Fourkas67248/
Fourcot6798/
Fourcou6726/
Vourkou6711/
Furkach6711/
Furkacz674/
Fourcoy673/
Fourkah671/
Forkouh671/

Furko Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Furko in the Russian language
Фуркоfurko-

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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 Furko
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