Furtuna Surname

56,413th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8,990 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Romania
Highest density in:
Moldova

Furtuna 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'.

Furtuna Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Romania3,0091:6,673891
Moldova2,4081:1,479144
Angola1,9721:13,6861,647
Turkey6571:118,4509,908
Brazil4401:486,53318,383
Russia1651:873,47370,025
Ukraine961:474,19555,156
Albania591:49,3916,511
United States401:9,061,473385,835
Philippines231:4,401,662162,661
Germany201:4,025,273167,743
Italy171:3,597,452102,597
Ethiopia161:6,096,64111,907
Transnistria101:47,4707,079
Canada91:4,093,955205,175
Spain71:6,678,86292,666
France61:11,070,454349,096
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Tanzania51:10,588,32375,430
Kuwait41:950,17418,811
Belgium41:2,874,161111,046
England31:18,572,686338,250
Bulgaria31:2,326,30254,089
Greece31:3,693,263126,191
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Austria21:4,257,71899,224
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Australia11:26,995,701270,794

The alternate forms: Furtună (772) are calculated separately.

Furtuna (128) may also be a first name.

Furtuna 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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Furtuna Last Name Facts

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

Furtuna (Russian: Фуртуна) is borne by more people in Romania than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms: Furtună. For other potential spellings of Furtuna click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Furtuna? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 56,413th most frequent last name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 810,628 people. The surname Furtuna occurs predominantly in Europe, where 66 percent of Furtuna live; 63 percent live in Eastern Europe and 60 percent live in Romanian Europe. Furtuna is also the 821,896th most widespread first name on earth, held by 128 people.

The surname Furtuna is most numerous in Romania, where it is held by 3,009 people, or 1 in 6,673. In Romania Furtuna is primarily concentrated in: Bucharest Municipality, where 12 percent are found, Buzău County, where 10 percent are found and Tulcea County, where 6 percent are found. Beside Romania it is found in 29 countries. It is also common in Moldova, where 27 percent are found and Angola, where 22 percent are found.

Furtuna Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the Furtuna last name is primarily Orthodox (100%) in Russia.

In The United States those holding the Furtuna surname are 6.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 60% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Furtuna earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 11.31% less than the national average, earning $38,271 USD per year and in Canada they earn 11.73% more than the national average, earning $55,513 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Furtună95772/
Fourtuna934/
Furtunas931/
Fourtouna8863/
Fortuna8659,813/
Furtune86128/
Furtona8659/
Firtuna8640/
Furtuno8628/
Furtuny862/
Fourtounas82181/
Fortouna8084/
Fourtune8047/
Forrtuna803/
Fortunna802/
Furtuned801/
Forthuna801/
Furtouni801/
Furtugno801/
Fortunay801/
Fourtuny801/
Fourtuné801/
Fourtouni75178/
Fourtunes752/
Fourtunis752/
Fortune7153,756/
Fortuno714,459/
Fortuny714,232/
Fortuni71492/
Fourtounis71363/
Furtoni7162/
Fortona7120/
Fourtounes7111/
Furtone717/
Furtono715/
Fortună711/
Fortunee6752/
Fortuine6750/
Fortuney6738/
Fortouni6728/
Fortunie674/
Forthune673/
Fortunny672/
Fourtino671/
Phurtune671/
Fortunne671/
Fortujno671/
Forttune670/

Furtuna Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Furtuna in the Russian language
Фуртунаfurtuna-

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