Fürth Surname

1,596,935th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 127 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Austria

Fürth Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Fürth Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany781:1,032,12170,345
Austria341:250,45429,541
Hungary111:892,38945,166
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023

The alternate forms: Furth (1,443) & Fűrth (1) are calculated separately.

Fürth Last Name Facts

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

Fürth occurs more in Germany more than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms: Furth or Fűrth. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Fürth? popularity and diffusion

Fürth is the 1,596,935th most frequently occurring last name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 57,382,251 people. This surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Fürth are found; 88 percent are found in Western Europe and 88 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The last name is most frequently used in Germany, where it is carried by 78 people, or 1 in 1,032,121. In Germany it is most common in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 68 percent reside, Bavaria, where 17 percent reside and Hesse, where 12 percent reside. Without taking into account Germany this surname exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Austria, where 27 percent reside and Hungary, where 9 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Furth931,443/
Fűrth931/
Fürt899/
Fürtsch83121/
Firth8025,855/
Führt8077/
Fürthová773/
Für75364/
Fourth731,116/
Fuerth73384/
Furtch7370/
Foerth7329/
Pforth7319/
Fürtős731/
Ffirth730/
Feurth730/
Fort6730,815/
Furt67792/
Führ67727/
Firt6766/
Fourthe671/
Feurtch670/

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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 Fürth
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