Furnass Surname

1,484,726th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 142 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Australia
Highest density in:
Australia

Furnass Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Furnass Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Australia1121:241,03322,440
England291:1,921,31276,208
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England441:553,98629,025
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Furnass Last Name Facts

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

Furnass occurs more in Australia more than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Furnass? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,484,726th most frequently held surname on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 51,320,746 people. This last name is predominantly found in Oceania, where 79 percent of Furnass live; 79 percent live in Australasia and 79 percent live in Australia and New Zealand.

The surname Furnass is most frequent in Australia, where it is borne by 112 people, or 1 in 241,033. In Australia it is most frequent in: New South Wales, where 91 percent are found and Australian Capital Territory, where 9 percent are found. Other than Australia this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also common in England, where 20 percent are found and Sudan, where 1 percent are found.

Furnass Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Furnass has changed through the years. In England the share of the population with the surname contracted 34 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Furnas92940/
Furnash863/
Fournas862/
Fornass861/
Furna8370/
Fournais80123/
Fornas77870/
Firnas77695/
Furnea77530/
Fourna7737/
Furnad7713/
Furnaz773/
Furnos772/
Furnay770/
Furnau770/
Fournaise75684/
Furnace71484/
Fornash71461/
Forneas71356/
Vournas71353/
Furneau71175/
Fournat71162/
Fournau7138/
Fórneas7110/
Firnaus715/
Fornoss712/
Furnaux712/
Fornais711/
Furnacz711/
Furngah711/
Fournos711/
Firnash711/
Fournea710/
Furneis710/
Furno676,036/
Forna67392/
Fournaux67247/
Fournaud67127/
Furnò6751/
Fourniea6751/
Fournous6713/
Vurna679/
Fournace677/
Fournois672/
Furnó672/
Furnô671/

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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 Furnass
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis