Fürrer Surname
Approximately 23 people bear this surname
Fürrer Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Switzerland | 20 | 1:410,646 | 30,429 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Furrer (12,565) are calculated separately.
Fürrer Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Fürrer Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Fürrer has its highest incidence in Switzerland. It may also be rendered as a variant: Furrer. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Fürrer? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 4,116,508th most frequent family name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 316,849,822 people. The last name is mostly found in Europe, where 96 percent of Fürrer live; 96 percent live in Western Europe and 96 percent live in Germanic Europe.
This last name is most commonly used in Switzerland, where it is borne by 20 people, or 1 in 410,646. In Switzerland it is most common in: Canton of Zug, where 50 percent reside, Canton of Zürich, where 35 percent reside and Canton of St Gallen, where 15 percent reside. Other than Switzerland this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in The Netherlands, where 9 percent reside and The United States, where 4 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Furrer | 94 | 12,565 | / |
| Fürer | 91 | 997 | / |
| Führer | 83 | 6,531 | / |
| Forrer | 83 | 3,980 | / |
| Firrer | 83 | 21 | / |
| Furrier | 77 | 298 | / |
| Forrier | 77 | 108 | / |
| Fourrer | 77 | 67 | / |
| Pfurrer | 77 | 10 | / |
| Fierrer | 77 | 6 | / |
| Furrere | 77 | 6 | / |
| Fuerrer | 77 | 2 | / |
| Feurrer | 77 | 1 | / |
| Foerrer | 77 | 1 | / |
| Furreir | 77 | 1 | / |
| Forre'r | 77 | 1 | / |
| Firrier | 77 | 0 | / |
| Furre | 73 | 1,970 | / |
| Furer | 73 | 1,779 | / |
| Forer | 73 | 1,435 | / |
| Firer | 73 | 591 | / |
| Firre | 73 | 127 | / |
| Fürge | 73 | 43 | / |
| Führe | 73 | 18 | / |
| Fűrer | 73 | 1 | / |
| Fürry | 73 | 1 | / |
| Fourrier | 71 | 4,816 | / |
| Fürerová | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pfierrer | 71 | 0 | / |
| Fuhrer | 67 | 5,947 | / |
| Feurer | 67 | 1,995 | / |
| Furger | 67 | 1,077 | / |
| Forier | 67 | 530 | / |
| Furzer | 67 | 475 | / |
| Furreh | 67 | 339 | / |
| Furrey | 67 | 325 | / |
| Furrie | 67 | 165 | / |
| Fierer | 67 | 139 | / |
| Furere | 67 | 114 | / |
| Furier | 67 | 94 | / |
| Führes | 67 | 80 | / |
| Faurer | 67 | 67 | / |
| Fourer | 67 | 60 | / |
| Fuerer | 67 | 46 | / |
| Fihrer | 67 | 40 | / |
| Fierre | 67 | 36 | / |
| Führerová | 67 | 23 | / |
| Foorer | 67 | 16 | / |
| Firier | 67 | 10 | / |
| Füresz | 67 | 9 | / |
| Fuirer | 67 | 8 | / |
| Fhurer | 67 | 8 | / |
| Forher | 67 | 4 | / |
| Fureur | 67 | 3 | / |
| Forzer | 67 | 2 | / |
| Vurrer | 67 | 2 | / |
| Furher | 67 | 2 | / |
| Firher | 67 | 2 | / |
| Foreir | 67 | 1 | / |
| Furrerová | 67 | 1 | / |
| Foerer | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fűhrer | 67 | 1 | / |
| Firrir | 67 | 1 | / |
| Forear | 67 | 1 | / |
| Firree | 67 | 0 | / |
| Firrey | 67 | 0 | / |
| Furree | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Fürrer
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