Furunes Surname

830,559th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 333 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Norway
Highest density in:
Norway

Furunes Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Furunes Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Norway3291:15,6301,877
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
Finland11:5,496,70284,025

Furunes Last Name Facts

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

Furunes has its highest incidence in Norway. It may occur as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Furunes.

How Common Is The Last Name Furunes? popularity and diffusion

The surname Furunes is the 830,559th most widespread family name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 21,884,522 people. The surname is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Furunes are found; 100 percent are found in Northern Europe and 100 percent are found in Scandinavia.

The surname Furunes is most common in Norway, where it is held by 329 people, or 1 in 15,630. In Norway Furunes is most frequent in: Central Norway, where 69 percent are found, Eastern Norway, where 18 percent are found and Western Norway, where 6 percent are found. Excluding Norway this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Sweden, where 1 percent are found and Finland, where 0 percent are found.

Furunes Last Name Statistics demography

Furunes earn marginally less than the average income. In Norway they earn 4.87% less than the national average, earning 329,218 kr per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Furuness9370/
Furunets9314/
Furune92432/
Furones861,131/
Furunäs8684/
Furuune861/
Furónes861/
Furines861/
Forunes860/
Furiness8035/
Faurines801/
Furone77261/
Furuna7711/
Forune7710/
Furuni772/
Fourhones751/
Fouroutne751/
Forones711,448/
Forhune712/
Fourone711/
Foroneas6716/
Furhauna671/
Fouroumni632/
Forone6229/
Foruny629/
Foruna627/
Vuruni621/
Foronez572/
Forhuna571/
Forzone571/
Vurunay571/
Foroney571/
Furoń501/

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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 Furunes
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