Furman Surname
Approximately 40,132 people bear this surname
Furman Surname Definition:
“Garter” in German. Not to be confused with Firman (q.v.).
Read More About This SurnameFurman Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 13,194 | 1:27,471 | 3,432 |
| Poland | 7,953 | 1:4,779 | 533 |
| Ukraine | 7,889 | 1:5,770 | 606 |
| Russia | 4,560 | 1:31,606 | 4,305 |
| Brazil | 1,115 | 1:191,995 | 7,409 |
| Belarus | 1,052 | 1:9,031 | 1,336 |
| Canada | 669 | 1:55,076 | 6,536 |
| Argentina | 650 | 1:65,759 | 5,631 |
| Slovenia | 628 | 1:3,961 | 706 |
| Israel | 255 | 1:33,559 | 4,715 |
| South Africa | 213 | 1:254,355 | 25,748 |
| Moldova | 194 | 1:18,358 | 3,135 |
| England | 186 | 1:299,559 | 22,824 |
| Slovakia | 166 | 1:32,147 | 5,747 |
| Kazakhstan | 165 | 1:107,167 | 11,683 |
| Australia | 115 | 1:234,745 | 22,001 |
| Hungary | 110 | 1:89,239 | 8,806 |
| Transnistria | 81 | 1:5,860 | 1,083 |
| Uzbekistan | 76 | 1:406,962 | 10,029 |
| Indonesia | 74 | 1:1,787,151 | 115,268 |
| Sweden | 63 | 1:156,298 | 10,904 |
| Netherlands | 62 | 1:272,374 | 33,874 |
| Germany | 62 | 1:1,298,475 | 82,291 |
| Czechia | 45 | 1:236,299 | 32,568 |
| Romania | 43 | 1:466,927 | 36,259 |
| Chile | 40 | 1:440,412 | 11,644 |
| Dominican Republic | 31 | 1:336,546 | 11,471 |
| Spain | 31 | 1:1,508,130 | 46,256 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 31 | 1:192,666 | 19,300 |
| Finland | 24 | 1:229,029 | 18,579 |
| Thailand | 24 | 1:2,943,264 | 289,518 |
| Belgium | 19 | 1:605,087 | 54,956 |
| Mexico | 19 | 1:6,532,958 | 32,927 |
| Estonia | 19 | 1:69,569 | 12,771 |
| Serbia | 18 | 1:396,942 | 17,613 |
| India | 17 | 1:45,121,493 | 474,784 |
| Uruguay | 17 | 1:201,868 | 16,060 |
| France | 15 | 1:4,428,181 | 244,602 |
| Wales | 15 | 1:206,302 | 13,003 |
| Norway | 14 | 1:367,306 | 34,015 |
| Scotland | 13 | 1:411,832 | 17,291 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| Armenia | 12 | 1:244,182 | 6,167 |
| Pakistan | 11 | 1:16,240,353 | 64,496 |
| Iceland | 10 | 1:38,009 | 2,599 |
| Croatia | 9 | 1:469,845 | 36,710 |
| Peru | 8 | 1:3,973,015 | 32,693 |
| New Zealand | 8 | 1:566,040 | 34,598 |
| Austria | 8 | 1:1,064,429 | 75,134 |
| Paraguay | 7 | 1:1,033,821 | 9,769 |
| Philippines | 6 | 1:16,873,037 | 249,062 |
| Japan | 5 | 1:25,568,859 | 50,629 |
| Denmark | 4 | 1:1,411,179 | 60,800 |
| Venezuela | 4 | 1:7,551,019 | 53,668 |
| Italy | 4 | 1:15,289,172 | 132,955 |
| Azerbaijan | 4 | 1:2,412,280 | 25,948 |
| Tajikistan | 4 | 1:2,096,673 | 7,416 |
| Costa Rica | 4 | 1:1,195,017 | 6,919 |
| Colombia | 4 | 1:11,943,518 | 26,735 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1:2,737,638 | 105,941 |
| Ireland | 3 | 1:1,569,646 | 17,286 |
| Monaco | 3 | 1:12,355 | 2,088 |
| Panama | 2 | 1:1,956,129 | 15,285 |
| Bulgaria | 2 | 1:3,489,452 | 64,958 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Georgia | 2 | 1:1,872,772 | 35,618 |
| Iran | 2 | 1:38,391,262 | 236,033 |
| Turkey | 2 | 1:38,910,711 | 171,901 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Saint Lucia | 1 | 1:178,781 | 3,800 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Aruba | 1 | 1:103,477 | 2,586 |
| Turkmenistan | 1 | 1:5,489,112 | 11,427 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Liechtenstein | 1 | 1:38,378 | 1,726 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,429,866 | 40,727 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 50 | 1:487,507 | 26,996 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:3,743,216 | 32,299 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,937 | 1:25,926 | 3,188 |
The alternate forms: Fűrman (2), Fürman (1) & Furmán (1) are calculated separately.
Furman (2,583) may also be a first name.
Furman Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
“Garter” in German. Not to be confused with Firman (q.v.).
(German) One who conveyed passengers by boat across a stream, a ferryman.
User-submitted Reference
An occupational name for a 'carter' or 'drayman' - the driver of a horse-drawn delivery vehicle. It can be Polish, Czech, Slovak, Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic), and Slovenian.
- mikeydinoFurman Demographics
Average Male Furman Height
177.68 cm
Average Female Furman Height
164.76 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Furman Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Furman Come From? nationality or country of origin
Furman (Arabic: فورمن, Hindi: फुरमान, Russian: Фурман) is more frequently found in The United States than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms: Fűrman, Fürman or Furmán. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Furman? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 13,893rd most commonly held last name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 181,589 people. The last name Furman occurs mostly in Europe, where 53 percent of Furman live; 50 percent live in Eastern Europe and 34 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 144,780th most commonly occurring first name throughout the world. It is borne by 2,583 people.
It is most frequent in The United States, where it is held by 13,194 people, or 1 in 27,471. In The United States Furman is mostly found in: New York, where 15 percent live, Pennsylvania, where 9 percent live and California, where 8 percent live. Aside from The United States Furman is found in 86 countries. It is also found in Poland, where 20 percent live and Ukraine, where 20 percent live.
Furman Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Furman has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname grew 681 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 372 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it grew 1,300 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it grew 300 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Furman Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is primarily Anglican (100%) in Ireland, Orthodox (87%) in Russia, Orthodox (79%) in Belarus and Orthodox (81%) in Ukraine.
In The United States Furman are 6.26% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 53.03% being registered with the political party.
The amount Furman earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 32.83% less than the national average, earning 232,467 kr per year; in Peru they earn 238.24% more than the national average, earning S/. 65,567 per year; in South Africa they earn 167.18% more than the national average, earning R 634,932 per year; in United States they earn 8.89% more than the national average, earning $46,984 USD per year and in Canada they earn 20.02% more than the national average, earning $59,632 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Furman Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Furman in the Hindi language | ||
| फुरमान | phuramana | 53.33 |
| फुरमन | phuramana | 34.67 |
| फूरमन | phuramana | 8 |
| फुर्मन | phurmana | 2.67 |
| फुर्मान | phurmana | 1.33 |
| Furman in the Russian language | ||
| Фурман | furman | - |
| Furman in the Arabic language | ||
| فورمن | fwrmn | - |
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Furman Reference & Research
Foreman-Forman FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
Furman FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
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Footnotes
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