Furum Surname

4,532,898th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 19 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Norway

Furum Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Furum Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria71:25,306,108327,793
Norway61:857,04855,549
Netherlands51:3,377,435111,911
Germany11:80,505,459560,955

Furum Last Name Facts

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

Furum is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Furum? popularity and diffusion

Furum is the 4,532,898th most commonly used last name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 383,555,048 people. Furum is mostly found in Europe, where 63 percent of Furum live; 37 percent live in West Africa and 37 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

Furum is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 7 people, or 1 in 25,306,108. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Benue, where 57 percent live and Ogun, where 43 percent live. Excluding Nigeria Furum exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Norway, where 32 percent live and The Netherlands, where 26 percent live.

Furum Last Name Statistics demography

Furum earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In Norway they earn 69.98% more than the national average, earning 588,252 kr per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Furume91248/
Faurum9143/
Furhum910/
Furrum910/
Furuume8365/
Fouroum836/
Fouruim830/
Forum80184/
Vurum8096/
Furun8086/
Furom801/
Foutroum771/
Furune73432/
Furung7311/
Fireum7310/
Furgun7310/
Furzun734/
Foroum731/
Furund731/
Forhum730/
Foreum730/
Furutin6753/
Furutyn674/
Vouroum672/
Furuune671/
Faurunn670/

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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 Furum
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