Führ Surname
Approximately 727 people bear this surname
Führ Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 609 | 1:132,193 | 16,104 |
| Sweden | 72 | 1:136,761 | 9,670 |
| Brazil | 35 | 1:6,116,409 | 148,801 |
| Switzerland | 5 | 1:1,642,583 | 87,307 |
| Hungary | 3 | 1:3,272,092 | 62,568 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
The alternate forms: Fuhr (13,856) are calculated separately.
Führ Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Führ Come From? nationality or country of origin
Führ is borne by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant: Fuhr. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Führ? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 463,668th most widely held family name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 10,024,135 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 95 percent of Führ are found; 84 percent are found in Western Europe and 84 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
Führ is most prevalent in Germany, where it is held by 609 people, or 1 in 132,193. In Germany Führ is primarily found in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 29 percent are found, Rhineland-Palatinate, where 21 percent are found and Hesse, where 13 percent are found. Without taking into account Germany this surname occurs in 7 countries. It is also common in Sweden, where 10 percent are found and Brazil, where 5 percent are found.
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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 Führ
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