Furnace Surname

631,297th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 484 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Scotland

Furnace Surname Definition:

Probably from Furness, co. Lancaster, celebrated for its fine monastery; perhaps, however, from residence near some great iron-furnace, before the existing method of smelting that metal was introduced.

Furnace Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4131:877,62566,497
England331:1,688,42669,999
Canada111:3,349,599180,238
Scotland111:486,71119,179
India41:191,766,3461,073,940
Australia41:6,748,925181,100
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland21:2,214,93333,683
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1661:146,84013,053
Wales21:784,20816,349
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2141:234,66719,701

Furnace (15) may also be a first name.

Furnace Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Probably from Furness, co. Lancaster, celebrated for its fine monastery; perhaps, however, from residence near some great iron-furnace, before the existing method of smelting that metal was introduced.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

From Furnace, a village co. Argyle; or Furness, a manorial liberty in the north-west part of Lancashire; or Fumes, a town of Belgium, prov. W. Flanders. compare the surnames Furnice, Fouroiss, Foulness, Furnese, Furness, Furniss. There is also a Furneaux, from Fourneaux-sur-Vire, in Normandy.

Ludus Patronymicus (1868) by Richard Stephen Charnock

Furnace Last Name Facts

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

The last name Furnace (Arabic: فرن) is most common in The United States. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Furnace click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Furnace? popularity and diffusion

Furnace is the 631,297th most widely held surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 15,056,913 people. It occurs mostly in The Americas, where 66 percent of Furnace reside; 66 percent reside in North America and 66 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Furnace is also the 2,900,335th most commonly used first name world-wide, borne by 15 people.

Furnace is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is borne by 413 people, or 1 in 877,625. In The United States Furnace is mostly found in: Missouri, where 14 percent live, California, where 11 percent live and New York, where 10 percent live. Beside The United States this surname is found in 13 countries. It also occurs in England, where 7 percent live and Canada, where 2 percent live.

Furnace Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Furnace has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Furnace last name rose 193 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it fell 80 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it fell 50 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Furnace Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Furnace surname is predominantly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Furnace surname are 12.75% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 59.52% registered to vote for the party.

Furnace earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 12.59% less than the national average, earning $37,716 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Fournace937/
Fornace86139/
Furnice8625/
Furnage863/
Furnacz861/
Fournage8081/
Fournice801/
Furnasey800/
Furnas77940/
Furnaz773/
Fournaise75684/
Furnaesih7516/
Fornaca71594/
Fornaci71188/
Furnass71142/
Fornaze7125/
Furnash713/
Fornase712/
Fournas712/
Fournazier711/
Furnise711/
Fornacy710/
Furneis710/
Fournais67123/
Fornacca6753/
Fornazie6716/
Fornazze671/
Furnisse671/
Furnasis670/

Furnace Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Furnace in the Arabic language
فرنfrn-
فورنسfwrns-

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