Furnish Surname

192,736th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,184 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Wales

Furnish Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Furnish Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,8691:193,93219,154
England1621:343,93925,007
Canada641:575,71247,839
Wales431:71,9666,223
New Zealand141:323,45226,435
Australia91:2,999,522116,751
Scotland61:892,30328,047
South Africa41:13,544,426222,367
Philippines31:33,746,074302,898
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
France11:66,422,722504,397
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland21:2,214,93333,683
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England681:358,46122,559
Wales51:313,68310,604
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3021:166,28715,069

Furnish (20) may also be a first name.

Furnish Last Name Facts

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

The surname Furnish is found in The United States more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Furnish? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 192,736th most frequently used surname on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 3,336,788 people. This last name is predominantly found in The Americas, where 65 percent of Furnish live; 65 percent live in North America and 65 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 2,446,817th most commonly held first name worldwide, borne by 20 people.

Furnish is most frequently held in The United States, where it is held by 1,869 people, or 1 in 193,932. In The United States Furnish is most prevalent in: Kentucky, where 15 percent live, Texas, where 11 percent live and California, where 9 percent live. Without taking into account The United States it occurs in 18 countries. It is also found in England, where 7 percent live and Canada, where 3 percent live.

Furnish Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Furnish has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name rose 619 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 238 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it rose 860 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Furnish Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the Furnish surname is principally Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Furnish surname are 19.32% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 66.09% registered with the political party.

The amount Furnish earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 5.7% more than the national average, earning $45,607 USD per year and in Canada they earn 9.99% less than the national average, earning $44,722 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Furnis9281/
Furniss866,099/
Fournis86435/
Furnies865/
Furnesh861/
Furnise861/
Furnich861/
Fornish861/
Furneis860/
Furnist860/
Furnisz860/
Furni8399/
Fournais80123/
Fuerniss8073/
Fournies8063/
Fourniss8026/
Fournois802/
Fuurniss801/
Furnisse801/
Fuernisz800/
Furnes771,149/
Fornis771,061/
Fourni7775/
Furnie7731/
Firnis7722/
Furniz7721/
Furnic7720/
Vurnis779/
Furnei773/
Fornih771/
Furnio771/
Furnip770/
Fournaise75684/
Furness718,475/
Fournie711,811/
Fornies71761/
Fournes71595/
Forniss71149/
Fürniss7145/
Firneis7144/
Furnice7125/
Fournès7113/
Fournit7110/
Firniss718/
Forneis712/
Fournio711/
Fornais711/
Furnese710/
Furnest710/
Furnnes710/
Forni6710,032/
Furne67278/
Fourniez67123/
Fourness6797/
Furna6770/
Fourniea6751/
Firneisz6716/
Fournest679/
Furny676/
Fournets676/
Furné675/
Fuerness673/
Vurni672/
Fournice671/
Furnness670/
Fuernehs670/
Furrness670/

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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 Furnish
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