Furmie Surname

1,894,523rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 96 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Furmie Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Furmie Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa871:622,73246,743
Australia71:3,856,529135,538
England11:55,718,059489,080
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128

Furmie Last Name Facts

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

The last name Furmie is held by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It may also be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Furmie? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,894,523rd most widespread surname globally, borne by approximately 1 in 75,911,937 people. Furmie occurs predominantly in Africa, where 91 percent of Furmie are found; 91 percent are found in Southern Africa and 91 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

The surname Furmie is most commonly used in South Africa, where it is held by 87 people, or 1 in 622,732. In South Africa it is most common in: Gauteng, where 83 percent reside, Western Cape, where 16 percent reside and KwaZulu-Natal, where 1 percent reside. Beside South Africa Furmie is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 7 percent reside and England, where 1 percent reside.

Furmie Last Name Statistics demography

Furmie earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 92.46% more than the national average, earning R 457,368 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Furmier921/
Furmies920/
Furmi913/
Furme912/
Fourmier8616/
Fourmies867/
Fourmi83289/
Furmer838/
Fourme837/
Furmai832/
Furmio831/
Furmet831/
Formie830/
Fourmet7738/
Fourmis772/
Fourmey772/
Furmish772/
Fourmer771/
Furmesh771/
Furmiss771/
Fuhrmes770/
Furmmer770/
Fuhrmey770/
Firme736,073/
Forme73195/
Firmi73136/
Furma73134/
Formi7378/
Vurmi7312/
Furmă732/
Vurme731/
Furmy730/
Fourmois7131/
Fourmeux717/
Furmagge713/
Fourmais711/
Fourmy671,707/
Formai67126/
Formey67125/
Fourma67123/
Formea6762/
Phurmi672/
Formme672/
Furhma672/
Fürmiß671/
Vaurme671/
Firmei671/
Foormi671/
Virmie671/
Foermi671/
Formee671/
Formih671/
Firmee670/
Firmey670/

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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 Furmie
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