The surname Furlow
A surname, carried by 3,237 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex F640
Origin
A surname.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 3,237 people named Furlow in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 95,380 Americans. That is up 4.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,095.
#9,966
rank among US surnames
3,237
people in 2010
1.1
per 100,000 Americans
+4.6%
change since 2000 (was #9,639)
| Rank | Surname | People | 1 in |
|---|---|---|---|
| #9,961 | Brazier | 3,240 | 95,292 |
| #9,963 | Hoggard | 3,239 | 95,321 |
| #9,964 | Throckmorton | 3,238 | 95,351 |
| #9,966 | Furlow | 3,237 | 95,380 |
| #9,968 | Warr | 3,236 | 95,410 |
| #9,969 | Bolyard | 3,235 | 95,439 |
Who is named Furlow
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
50% of people named Furlow identified as white (not Hispanic), 44% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- White (not Hispanic) 50%
- Black (not Hispanic) 44%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
- Two or more races 2.5%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Surnames that sound like Furlow
Furlow has the Soundex code F640, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F640.
Questions
- How common is the surname Furlow?
- 3,237 people in the United States had the surname Furlow in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 95,380 Americans. It ranked 9,966th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Furlow?
- In the 2010 Census, 50% of people named Furlow identified as white (not Hispanic), and 44% as Black (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Furlow getting more or less common?
- More common. 3,095 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,237 in 2010, up 4.6%.