Furling Surname

3,017,195th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 42 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
France

Furling Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Furling Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France191:3,495,933219,029
United States151:24,163,929685,360
South Africa51:10,835,541204,227
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England191:1,282,91446,315
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States691:727,80746,603

The alternate forms: Fürling (38) are calculated separately.

Furling Last Name Facts

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

The last name Furling is carried by more people in France than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms: Fürling. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Furling? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 3,017,195th most commonly occurring family name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 173,512,998 people. The last name Furling is primarily found in Europe, where 52 percent of Furling live; 48 percent live in Western Europe and 45 percent live in Gallo-Europe.

The surname Furling is most frequent in France, where it is borne by 19 people, or 1 in 3,495,933. In France it is primarily concentrated in: Grand Est, where 89 percent are found, Hauts-de-France, where 5 percent are found and Occitanie, where 5 percent are found. Aside from France it is found in 5 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 36 percent are found and South Africa, where 12 percent are found.

Furling Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Furling has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Furling surname decreased 78 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Furling Last Name Statistics demography

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

The amount Furling earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 73.21% less than the national average, earning R 63,672 per year and in United States they earn 47.12% more than the national average, earning $63,479 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Fürling9538/
Fourling939/
Furlings931/
Furlin92675/
Faurlin86132/
Fourlin8677/
Firling8621/
Forling869/
Furlina862/
Furlind861/
Furleng860/
Furln831/
Fierling80299/
Führling8082/
Firlling804/
Forrling800/
Forlin773,119/
Furlim7714/
Furlen7711/
Vurlin771/
Forleng711/
Virling711/
Furlent710/
Forln670/
Forlen6234/
Forlín621/

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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 Furling
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