Fürsen Surname

4,772,636th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 17 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Fürsen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Fürsen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany161:5,031,591189,895
Canada11:36,845,591464,108

Fürsen Last Name Facts

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

The surname Fürsen is more commonly found in Germany than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Fürsen? popularity and diffusion

The last name Fürsen is the 4,772,636th most commonly occurring last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 428,679,172 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 94 percent of Fürsen reside; 94 percent reside in Western Europe and 94 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The last name Fürsen is most commonly held in Germany, where it is borne by 16 people, or 1 in 5,031,591. In Germany Fürsen is most numerous in: Lower Saxony, where 94 percent reside and Schleswig-Holstein, where 6 percent reside. Other than Germany this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in Canada, where 6 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Führsen929/
Forsen83434/
Firsen834/
Forssen77141/
Forseen7779/
Furåsen777/
Forszen773/
Fürsinn771/
Fuehrsen711/
Fursienė711/
Fursheen711/
Forson6738,112/
Forsén67883/
Fursan67749/
Forcen67743/
Forsan67449/
Fursin67367/
Firsin67214/
Forsin67129/
Firsan6780/
Fursyn6778/
Virsen6728/
Furson6719/
Forssn6711/
Forzen677/
Furgen677/
Forsèn673/

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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 Fürsen
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