Furnivall Surname

835,661st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 330 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Scotland

Furnivall Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'Fourneville,' in the neighbourhood of Honfleur, Normandy.

Gerard de Furnivall. Lincolnshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Thomas de Furnivall, Yorkshire, ibid.

Thomas Furnyuall, chivaler, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

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Furnivall Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1761:316,58023,688
United States621:5,846,112285,490
Scotland301:178,4619,900
Australia181:1,499,76175,721
South Africa151:3,611,847123,156
Canada91:4,093,955205,175
Wales61:515,75523,171
Indonesia51:26,449,839597,308
Switzerland51:1,642,58387,307
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England911:267,86118,927
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Furnivall Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'Fourneville,' in the neighbourhood of Honfleur, Normandy.

Gerard de Furnivall. Lincolnshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Thomas de Furnivall, Yorkshire, ibid.

Thomas Furnyuall, chivaler, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

Johanna Furnyuall, 1379: ibid.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

(French-Latin) belonging to Fournival (Dept. Oise, &c., France) = (prob.) the Furnace-Vale [M.Latin*furnivall-is] Thomas de Furnivall,—Hundred Rolls

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Gerard de Furnival came from Normandy into England temp. Richard I., and accompanied that monarch to the Holy Land. His successors were barons by tenure and writ for several descents. Fourneville, the place in Normandy from which the name appears to have been derived, is in the neighbourhood of Honfleur.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Furnivall Last Name Facts

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

Furnivall occurs most in England. It may be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Furnivall? popularity and diffusion

Furnivall is the 835,661st most frequent last name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 22,083,472 people. The last name Furnivall occurs predominantly in Europe, where 66 percent of Furnivall reside; 65 percent reside in Northern Europe and 65 percent reside in British Isles.

It is most common in England, where it is carried by 176 people, or 1 in 316,580. In England it is most prevalent in: Kent, where 15 percent live, Devon, where 14 percent live and Norfolk, where 9 percent live. Barring England Furnivall occurs in 12 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 19 percent live and Scotland, where 9 percent live.

Furnivall Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Furnivall has changed over time. In England the number of people who held the Furnivall surname rose 193 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it rose 6,200 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Furnivall Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Furnivall surname are 38.94% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 85.71% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Furnivall earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 237.37% more than the national average, earning R 801,708 per year; in United States they earn 39.68% more than the national average, earning $60,271 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.43% less than the national average, earning $47,480 CAD per year.

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