Furrer
surname · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Furrer is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Switzerland than in any other country, where it is the 51st most common surname.
- CHSwitzerland1 in 1.3K(measured from records)
- USUnited States1 in 316K
- MLMali≈1 in 12K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Switzerland (measured from records)
- Sources
- 198 (measured from records)
- 1 in 1.3K (inferred from the name graph)
6,601 people, 2024
Highest-authority source
Switzerland
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin
No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Furrer counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CH Switzerland | #51 | 6,601 | 1 in 1.3K | 6.6K | Furrer | 99 |
| ML Mali | #232 | ≈1,700 est. | ≈1 in 12K | — | Furrer | 1 |
| US United States | — | 1,052 | 1 in 316K | 1.1K | Furrer | 198 |
| ID Indonesia | — | ≈660 est. | ≈1 in 407K | — | Furrer | 2 |
| AR Argentina | — | 567 | 1 in 80K | 567 | — | 1 |
| DZ Algeria | — | ≈240 est. | ≈1 in 180K | — | Furrer | 1 |
| UY Uruguay | — | 20 | 1 in 169K | 20 | — | — |
6,601 people counted by BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames), 2024. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000; BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); INE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Jonas Furrerb. 1805CHSwiss politician and member of the Swiss Federal Council (1805-1861)
- Adolf Furrerb. 1873CHSwiss military officer and small arms designer (1873-1958)
- Otto Furrerb. 1903CHSwiss alpine and cross-country skier (1903-1951)
- Reinhard Furrerb. 1940DEGerman astronaut (1940-1995)
- Beat Furrerb. 1954CHAustrian composer and conductor
- Nicolai Kernb. 1968CHnot in their usual nameSwiss rower
- Will Furrerb. 1968USAmerican football player (born 1968)
- Philippe Furrerb. 1985CHSwiss ice hockey player
- Ronja Furrerb. 1992CHSwiss model
- Muriel Furrerb. 2006CHSwiss cyclist (2006–2024)
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 27 sources across 17 countries.
Reference works 4
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- In which country does Furrer have the most bearers?
- In Switzerland, the national register counted about 6.6 thousand people named Furrer, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled furrer.
- Where is Furrer most common?
- Furrer is densest in Switzerland, where the national register counts about 1 in 1.3 thousand people carrying it.
- How common is the name Furrer?
- In Switzerland, the national register counted 6,601 people named Furrer in 2024, about 1 in 1.3 thousand residents.
- How common is Furrer compared with other names?
- In Switzerland, Furrer is the 51st most common surname of 127,759 surnames recorded there.
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Query this name via API
curl https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/furrerThe same payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. Rate-limited for casual use; a free API key gives 1,000 requests a day, and bulk access is licensed separately.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Furrer” — the 51st most common surname in Switzerland. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.