Fürling Surname

3,185,033rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 38 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Switzerland
Highest density in:
Switzerland

Fürling Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Fürling Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Switzerland351:234,65519,741
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288

The alternate forms: Furling (42) are calculated separately.

Fürling Last Name Facts

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

The surname Fürling occurs in Switzerland more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant: Furling. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Fürling? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 3,185,033rd most widely held last name on earth It is held by around 1 in 191,777,524 people. Fürling occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Fürling reside; 97 percent reside in Western Europe and 97 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

Fürling is most commonly used in Switzerland, where it is borne by 35 people, or 1 in 234,655. In Switzerland Fürling is primarily concentrated in: Canton of Zürich, where 37 percent live, Canton of Obwalden, where 31 percent live and Canton of Aargau, where 23 percent live. Besides Switzerland it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 5 percent live and Hungary, where 3 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Furling9542/
Führling9382/
Firling8621/
Forling869/
Fierling80299/
Fourling809/
Firlling804/
Furlings801/
Forrling800/
Furlin77675/
Firlin773/
Forleng711/
Virling711/
Furleng710/
Furln671/
Virlin6214/
Furlen6211/
Vurlin621/
Firlen620/
Firleen570/

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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
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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 Fürling
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