Furr Surname

44,617th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11,646 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Bermuda

Furr Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Furr Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11,1351:32,5514,064
England3721:149,78014,332
Australia251:1,079,82861,253
Canada241:1,535,233104,339
Russia161:9,007,691311,782
Belgium111:1,045,14978,166
Bermuda101:6,5281,005
Wales91:343,83718,086
Nigeria51:35,428,552388,973
Norway51:1,028,45761,363
Scotland41:1,338,45435,497
Japan31:42,614,76459,022
New Zealand31:1,509,44147,971
Netherlands21:8,443,588136,641
Panama21:1,956,12915,285
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Costa Rica21:2,390,03410,205
Barbados11:287,4482,772
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Bosnia and Herzegovina11:3,536,40219,532
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
France11:66,422,722504,397
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland91:492,20716,355
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1531:159,31613,825
Wales21:784,20816,349
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,1561:43,4425,045

Furr (23) may also be a first name.

Furr Last Name Facts

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

The surname Furr (Hindi: फुर्र, Russian: Фуррь) is found in The United States more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Furr? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 44,617th most frequently held last name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 625,755 people. This last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 94 percent of Furr reside; 94 percent reside in North America and 94 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Furr is also the 2,239,265th most common first name globally. It is borne by 23 people.

The surname Furr is most commonly held in The United States, where it is borne by 11,135 people, or 1 in 32,551. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: North Carolina, where 29 percent live, Texas, where 8 percent live and Virginia, where 7 percent live. Not including The United States this last name occurs in 32 countries. It also occurs in England, where 3 percent live and Australia, where 0 percent live.

Furr Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Furr has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Furr surname rose 963 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 243 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it rose 450 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Furr Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Furr surname is principally Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Furr last name are 23.11% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 69.88% registered with the party.

The amount Furr earn in different countries varies greatly. In United States they earn 5.49% less than the national average, earning $40,780 USD per year and in Canada they earn 79.58% more than the national average, earning $89,222 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Furre891,970/
Furrh89580/
Pfurr89164/
Fourr8981/
Fuhrr894/
Fhurr891/
Wfurr891/
Faurr890/
Fur861,849/
Fourre801,752/
Faurre80155/
Fuhr7513,856/
Faur7510,751/
Four759,308/
Fure752,114/
Furt75792/
Furd75302/
Forr75267/
Feur7594/
Furø7575/
Furh7540/
Fuir7532/
Furz7518/
Fhur7518/
Furå7513/
Vurr756/
Fuur753/
Futr752/
Furď751/
Furp751/
Fusr750/
Faure6784,624/
Foure671,743/
Pforr671,242/
Fourt67549/
Feurt67143/
Fuhre67137/
Fahur6789/
Fourd6757/
Fuhrt6755/
Faurt6732/
Feure6727/
Fuire6724/
Pfure6721/
Pfaur6719/
Feurh6716/
Faurd6712/
Fourh679/
Furht677/
Fausr673/
Pfour673/
Fourz672/
Furtt672/
Forrh671/
Fhour671/
Fgaur671/
Fheur671/
Fuirz671/
Furhe671/
Fusrt671/
Fhorr671/
Fau'r671/
Pfurd671/
Furdh671/
Forrő671/
Phurr670/
Feuhr670/
Foerr670/
Fauhr670/

Furr Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Furr in the Hindi language
फुर्रphurra-
Furr in the Russian language
Фуррьfurr-

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Furr Reference & Research

Farr FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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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 Furr
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