Furlen Surname

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

Approximately 11 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Brazil

Furlen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Furlen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil91:23,786,037375,389
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States81:6,277,336262,771

Furlen Last Name Facts

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

Furlen occurs most in Brazil. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Furlen? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 5,812,366th most commonly occurring last name in the world, held by around 1 in 662,504,174 people. This last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 100 percent of Furlen reside; 82 percent reside in South America and 82 percent reside in Luso-South America.

It is most commonly held in Brazil, where it is held by 9 people, or 1 in 23,786,037. In Brazil Furlen is most frequent in: São Paulo, where 100 percent reside. Without taking into account Brazil this surname exists in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 18 percent reside.

Furlen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Furlen has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Furlen surname decreased 75 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Furlent920/
Furleng920/
Furln911/
Fuhrlein861/
Fuerlein861/
Furlin83675/
Forlen8334/
Firlen830/
Fuehrlein804/
Faurelien801/
Feuhrlein800/
Furline77155/
Faurlin77132/
Firlein77109/
Fourlin7777/
Furling7742/
Furlain772/
Furlina772/
Furlind771/
Furloin770/
Forlein770/
Firleen770/
Forln730/
Führlein7125/
Fourling719/
Forelien719/
Forilien716/
Furehlin711/
Fierlein710/
Forlin673,119/
Furlim6714/
Firlin673/
Forlín671/
Vurlin671/
Virlen671/
Forrelien671/
Fürling6238/
Forlain624/
Forelin621/
Forloin620/
Forzelin57119/
Führling5782/
Virlin5014/

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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 Furlen
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