Führ Surname

463,668th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 727 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Führ Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Führ Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany6091:132,19316,104
Sweden721:136,7619,670
Brazil351:6,116,409148,801
Switzerland51:1,642,58387,307
Hungary31:3,272,09262,568
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Norway11:5,142,286129,201

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

The surname Führ is found in Germany more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as: Fuhr. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Führ? popularity and diffusion

The last name Führ is the 463,668th most common last name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 10,024,135 people. Führ occurs predominantly in Europe, where 95 percent of Führ are found; 84 percent are found in Western Europe and 84 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most common in Germany, where it is borne by 609 people, or 1 in 132,193. In Germany Führ is mostly concentrated in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 29 percent are found, Rhineland-Palatinate, where 21 percent are found and Hesse, where 13 percent are found. Outside of Germany Führ is found in 7 countries. It is also found in Sweden, where 10 percent are found and Brazil, where 5 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Fuhr9213,856/
Führt8977/
Führe8918/
Für86364/
Fhur7518/
Fürt759/
Fhor751/
Fuehr67176/
Fuhre67137/
Fürth67127/
Fahur6789/
Fuhrt6755/
Fiehr679/
Fuhrr674/
Fürdő671/
Fhour671/
Fhurr671/
Fhorr671/
Fheur671/
Fauhr670/
Fhuer670/
Feuhr670/

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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
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  • 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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