How common is the surname Fuhrer?

1,281 people in the United States had the surname Fuhrer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 241,019 Americans. It ranked 20,664th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Fuhrer?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Fuhrer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Fuhrer getting more or less common?

More common. 1,186 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,281 in 2010, up 8.0%.

The surname Fuhrer

A German surname, carried by 1,281 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex F660

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Fuhrer is more common than 87.3% of them.

Origin

German origin

Borrowed from German Führer.

One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,281 people named Fuhrer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 241,019 Americans. That is up 8.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,186.

#20,664

rank among US surnames

1,281

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+8%

change since 2000 (was #20,727)

Who is named Fuhrer

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

96% of people named Fuhrer identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
Two or more races 0.6%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Fuhrer

Fuhrer has the Soundex code F660, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F660.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Fuhrer come from?: Borrowed from German Führer.
How common is the surname Fuhrer?: 1,281 people in the United States had the surname Fuhrer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 241,019 Americans. It ranked 20,664th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Fuhrer?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Fuhrer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Fuhrer getting more or less common?: More common. 1,186 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,281 in 2010, up 8.0%.