Furtado Surname

3,758th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 149,275 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Cape Verde

Furtado Surname User-submission:

Furtado (surname of portugues origin) means 'stolen'.

Furtado Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil106,2391:2,015200
Angola12,8171:2,106366
Portugal7,4161:1,405218
United States6,6041:54,8856,547
India4,4541:172,21910,631
Cape Verde3,7331:14241
Uruguay2,6931:1,274145
Canada1,9211:19,1802,683
Bangladesh4511:353,3419,758
Argentina4001:106,8599,045
São Tomé and Príncipe3671:48393
England2891:192,79617,040
Saudi Arabia2391:129,10417,726
Spain2351:198,94513,654
Australia1691:159,73816,670
Bahrain1181:11,4292,102
Oman1111:33,2252,322
Kuwait1061:35,8564,508
Netherlands971:174,09525,153
Bermuda631:1,036166
France631:1,054,329115,549
Venezuela621:487,1639,407
Senegal591:247,1071,543
Mozambique491:556,3591,404
United Arab Emirates471:194,94213,936
Germany391:2,064,243111,952
Singapore341:161,9916,884
Suriname321:17,2694,028
New Zealand291:156,14917,650
South Africa291:1,868,19787,346
Switzerland281:293,31823,433
Chile251:704,65916,160
Costa Rica231:207,8292,614
Paraguay201:361,8375,406
Iceland191:20,0051,629
Thailand181:3,924,352328,346
Indonesia141:9,446,371356,066
Sweden121:820,56361,223
Belgium111:1,045,14978,166
Pakistan101:17,864,38868,137
Luxembourg101:58,0546,105
Guinea-Bissau91:192,002129
Denmark91:627,19136,734
Philippines81:12,654,778228,986
Zimbabwe81:1,929,78092,581
Qatar61:393,00055,922
China61:227,886,92811,701
Ireland51:941,78816,185
Japan51:25,568,85950,629
Belize51:71,0952,977
Tanzania41:13,235,40384,310
Malaysia41:7,373,556230,001
Hong Kong31:2,445,1619,595
Italy31:20,385,563143,117
Mexico31:41,375,40271,397
Macau31:200,543803
Northern Ireland21:922,51818,701
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
South Korea21:25,620,1284,175
Lebanon21:2,818,54225,087
Romania21:10,038,93580,612
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Bolivia11:10,616,43417,077
Vanuatu11:263,2762,086
Uzbekistan11:30,929,14267,786
Brunei11:418,7313,893
Burundi11:9,804,8522,349
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Grenada11:108,5351,793
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Guyana11:762,22114,420
Haiti11:10,683,90724,607
Honduras11:8,816,4429,272
Myanmar11:51,937,9852,166
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Montenegro11:639,5659,092
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Libya11:6,243,9746,186
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England81:3,046,92180,371
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States81:6,277,336262,771

Furtado (98) may also be a first name.

Furtado Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

Furtado (surname of portugues origin) means 'stolen'.

- hfurtado

Furtado Last Name Facts

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

Furtado (Hindi: फुरटाडो, Marathi: फुरटाडो) is found most frequently in Brazil. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Furtado? popularity and diffusion

The surname Furtado is the 3,758th most commonly occurring last name globally, held by around 1 in 48,820 people. The last name is predominantly found in The Americas, where 79 percent of Furtado are found; 73 percent are found in South America and 71 percent are found in Luso-South America. Furtado is also the 956,749th most commonly used first name throughout the world. It is borne by 98 people.

The surname is most commonly held in Brazil, where it is borne by 106,239 people, or 1 in 2,015. In Brazil Furtado is primarily found in: Pará, where 16 percent live, São Paulo, where 11 percent live and Ceará, where 11 percent live. Aside from Brazil this last name is found in 89 countries. It is also common in Angola, where 9 percent live and Portugal, where 5 percent live.

Furtado Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Furtado has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Furtado surname expanded 82,550 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 3,613 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Furtado Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Furtado last name are 44.5% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 97.73% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Furtado earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 44.51% less than the national average, earning R 131,856 per year; in United States they earn 6.53% more than the national average, earning $45,967 USD per year and in Canada they earn 7.94% more than the national average, earning $53,626 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Feurtado93887/
Fourtado9343/
Fuertado9325/
Furtados9319/
Furtaddo935/
Furttado935/
Furtadoo933/
Furtadoa931/
Fuurtado931/
Fuirtado931/
Furtaado931/
Furrtado930/
Feurtadot882/
Fourtadou881/
Fortado86403/
Furtada86167/
Furtodo868/
Furtedo868/
Firtado867/
Phurtado8046/
Fortada713/
Fortodo711/
Furtoda711/
Phurtodo671/

Furtado Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Furtado in the Hindi language
फुरटाडोphuratado-
Furtado in the Marathi language
फुरटाडोphuratado40.28
फुरताडोphuratado22.99
फुटाडोphutado19.43
फुराडोphurado2.37
फुताडोphutado1.9
फुरतडोphuratado1.42
फुतर्दोphutardo0.95
पुटाडोputado0.95
फ़ुटयfutaya0.95
फूरटाडोphuratado0.95
फ़ुटेडfuteda0.47
फूतर्दोphutardo0.47
फुतर्डोphutardo0.47
फूटाडोphutado0.47
पुटाडputada0.47
फ़ुरताडोfuratado0.47
फुरटडॊphuratado0.47
फुटर्डोphutardo0.47
फुरतादोphuratado0.47
फ़ुरटाडोfuratado0.47
फु-टाडोphu-tado0.47
युरडोyurado0.24

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