Furtun Surname

523,160th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 621 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Turkey

Furtun Surname User-submission:

The Furtun (or Furtuna) surname means 'tornado' in Romanian. In Rize Turkey there is a stream called Furtuna. Furtuna is the same with Fırtına (local pronounciation difference affected the name), which means 'storm'.

Furtun Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Turkey5321:146,28111,642
Romania311:647,67345,663
United States211:17,259,949572,238
England151:3,714,537119,675
Russia111:13,102,096377,010
Philippines51:20,247,645262,352
Thailand31:23,546,115908,588
France11:66,422,722504,397
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437

Furtun (18) may also be a first name.

Furtun Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

The Furtun (or Furtuna) surname means 'tornado' in Romanian. In Rize Turkey there is a stream called Furtuna. Furtuna is the same with Fırtına (local pronounciation difference affected the name), which means 'storm'.

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Furtun Last Name Facts

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

The surname Furtun (Hindi: फुरतुन, Russian: Фуртун) occurs more in Turkey more than any other country/territory. It may also be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Furtun? popularity and diffusion

The surname Furtun is the 523,160th most frequently held family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 11,735,179 people. Furtun occurs predominantly in Asia, where 68 percent of Furtun live; 65 percent live in West Asia and 65 percent live in Anatolia and Highlands. Furtun is also the 2,608,198th most frequently occurring given name globally, held by 18 people.

Furtun is most widespread in Turkey, where it is held by 532 people, or 1 in 146,281. In Turkey it is mostly concentrated in: Istanbul Province, where 23 percent live, Ordu Province, where 21 percent live and Trabzon Province, where 14 percent live. Aside from Turkey this last name occurs in 9 countries. It also occurs in Romania, where 5 percent live and The United States, where 3 percent live.

Furtun Last Name Statistics demography

Furtun earn significantly more than the average income. In United States they earn 27.07% more than the national average, earning $54,828 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Furtune92128/
Furtung922/
Fourtun920/
Fourtune8647/
Fourtuin864/
Fortun834,519/
Furton832,075/
Furtunova8012/
Fortuin7731,579/
Forthun77515/
Fourton77438/
Fortuyn7799/
Feurton772/
Fortunn771/
Fortuijn7196/
Fourthon7164/
Phurtune711/
Forton672,665/
Fortón678/
Forthon6218/
Fhorton620/

Furtun Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Furtun in the Hindi language
फुरतुनphuratuna66.67
फुर्तुनphurtuna33.33
Furtun in the Russian language
Фуртунfurtun-

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