Fürstenberg Surname

244,900th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,626 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Fürstenberg Surname Definition:

Place name in Baden, Brandenburg, Mecklenburg and Westphalia, Germany.

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Fürstenberg Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany1,5381:52,3446,813
Austria281:304,12334,120
Norway171:302,48730,120
Sweden131:757,44356,422
Poland101:3,800,875132,137
Denmark71:806,38843,211
Switzerland61:1,368,81977,571
Belgium31:3,832,215117,288
England21:27,859,030389,889
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States141:3,587,049158,810

The alternate forms: Furstenberg (1,020) are calculated separately.

Fürstenberg Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Place name in Baden, Brandenburg, Mecklenburg and Westphalia, Germany.

South African Surnames (1965) by Eric Rosenthal

User-submitted Reference

This is a German surname, denoting someone who came from Fürstenberg [meaning 'princess mountain', derived from fürst, meaning 'prince', and berg, meaning 'mountain' = fürst(-en-)berg] in Germany, most likely referring to the one in North Rhine-Westphalia, on Brandenburg, though there are a few others.

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Fürstenberg Last Name Facts

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

The last name Fürstenberg is carried by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant: Furstenberg. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Fürstenberg? popularity and diffusion

The surname Fürstenberg is the 244,900th most widespread surname internationally It is held by around 1 in 4,481,886 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Fürstenberg are found; 97 percent are found in Western Europe and 97 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

It is most common in Germany, where it is held by 1,538 people, or 1 in 52,344. In Germany Fürstenberg is most common in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 15 percent reside, Berlin, where 14 percent reside and Brandenburg, where 13 percent reside. Besides Germany Fürstenberg exists in 10 countries. It is also common in Austria, where 2 percent reside and Norway, where 1 percent reside.

Fürstenberg Last Name Statistics demography

Fürstenberg earn more than double the average income. In Norway they earn 104.05% more than the national average, earning 706,173 kr per year.

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