# Furrer (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/furrer/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,052 |
| US rank (2010) | 23,978 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 293,484 people |
| Change since 2000 | -5.7% (1,116 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Furrer in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 95% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| Two or more races | 2.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Furrer in Switzerland.

## People named Furrer

- Beat Furrer, Austrian composer and conductor

## Similar surnames

Ferrer, Ferrier, Ferrera, Farrer, Ferrero, Farrier, Ferreri, Fuhrer, Ferreira, Farrar, Ferrara, Ferraro.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.