How common is the surname Furr?

8,260 people in the United States had the surname Furr in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 37,378 Americans. It ranked 4,304th of 162,253 surnames.

Where is the surname Furr most common?

Wikidata records people named Furr in the United States.

Is the surname Furr getting more or less common?

More common. 8,021 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,260 in 2010, up 3.0%.

The surname Furr

A surname, carried by 8,260 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex F600

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Furr is more common than 97.3% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 8,260 people named Furr in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 37,378 Americans. That is up 3.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 8,021.

#4,304

rank among US surnames

8,260

people in 2010

2.8

per 100,000 Americans

+3%

change since 2000 (was #4,087)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,295	Samaniego	8,281	37,284
#4,297	Rousseau	8,270	37,333
#4,298	Landa	8,267	37,347
#4,299	Bracken	8,265	37,356
#4,300	Santacruz	8,264	37,360
#4,302	Withrow	8,262	37,369
#4,303	True	8,261	37,374

Who is named Furr

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

87% of people named Furr identified as white (not Hispanic), 8.3% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 87%
Black (not Hispanic) 8.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
Two or more races 1.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Furrs

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Grover Furr
Academic, born 1944

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Furr

Furr has the Soundex code F600, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F600.

Questions

How common is the surname Furr?: 8,260 people in the United States had the surname Furr in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 37,378 Americans. It ranked 4,304th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Furr?: In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Furr identified as white (not Hispanic), and 8.3% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Furr?: Grover Furr, academic.
Where is the surname Furr most common?: Wikidata records people named Furr in the United States.
Is the surname Furr getting more or less common?: More common. 8,021 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,260 in 2010, up 3.0%.