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    The surname Furst

    A surname, carried by 2,521 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex F623

    Furst: #12,333 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Furst #12,333, 2,521 people Furst: #12,333 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Furst #12,333, 2,521 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Furst is more common than 92.4% of them.

    Origin

    From the German surname, from Fürst (“the first”).

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,521 people named Furst in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 122,469 Americans. That is up 3.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,432.

    #12,333
    rank among US surnames
    2,521
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.7%
    change since 2000 (was #11,795)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #12,328Reason2,522122,421
    #12,333Crochet2,521122,469
    #12,339Birge2,520122,518

    Who is named Furst

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

    95% of people named Furst identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
    • Two or more races 1.2%
    • 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 Fursts

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Nathan Furst
      American television and film composer, born 1978

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Furst

    Furst has the Soundex code F623, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F623.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Furst come from?
    From the German surname, from Fürst (“the first”).
    How common is the surname Furst?
    2,521 people in the United States had the surname Furst in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 122,469 Americans. It ranked 12,333rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Furst?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Furst identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Furst?
    Nathan Furst, American television and film composer.
    Where is the surname Furst most common?
    Wikidata records people named Furst in the United States.
    Is the surname Furst getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,432 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,521 in 2010, up 3.7%.