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    The surname Furrer

    A surname, carried by 1,052 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex F660

    Furrer: #23,978 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Furrer #23,978, 1,052 people Furrer: #23,978 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Furrer #23,978, 1,052 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Furrer is more common than 85.2% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,052 people named Furrer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 293,484 Americans. That is down 5.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,116.

    #23,978
    rank among US surnames
    1,052
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    -5.7%
    change since 2000 (was #21,742)

    Who is named Furrer

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

    95% of people named Furrer identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.9% as two or more races and 1.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Two or more races 2.9%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.3%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Furrers

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Beat Furrer
      Austrian composer and conductor, born 1954

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Furrer

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

    Questions

    How common is the surname Furrer?
    1,052 people in the United States had the surname Furrer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 293,484 Americans. It ranked 23,978th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Furrer?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Furrer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as two or more races.
    Who is the most famous person named Furrer?
    Beat Furrer, Austrian composer and conductor.
    Where is the surname Furrer most common?
    Wikidata records people named Furrer in Switzerland.
    Is the surname Furrer getting more or less common?
    Less common. 1,116 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,052 in 2010, down 5.7%.