The Furman surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 9,273 people carried this name — #3,820 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 31,800 people counted. That is up 3% from 8,976 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Furman surname
Variant of Firmin.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Furman» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Poland’s population register
5,395 people named Furman have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 6,903 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in all 16 of Poland’s voivodeships, most of all in Subcarpathian.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 464 people named Furman live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in City of Buenos Aires.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 98 people named Furman.
Most of them — 52 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 13 départements, most often Pas-de-Calais.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
34 people named Furman live in Switzerland.
They live in 7 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In the Nordic population registers
75 people named Furman are counted in Sweden and Finland.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown) · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Furman in American newspapers,
1905–1907.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 78,745 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Furman,
with a public archive behind them.
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Richard Furman 1755–1825 · parson -
Anna Oom 1791–1850 · pedagogue -
Pyotr Furman 1816–1856 · writer -
Sara Furman d. 1976
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Abigail Spicer Furman 1779–1864
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Gabriel Furman 1800–1854 · judge
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Furman.
- Funes 6,079 · U.S. census
- Funk 24,419 · U.S. census
- Furia 534 · U.S. census
- Furio 389 · U.S. census
- Furlan 702 · U.S. census
- Furlani 222 · U.S. census
- Furnari 983 · U.S. census
- Furno 462 · U.S. census
- Furrer 1,052 · U.S. census
- Furst 2,521 · U.S. census
- Fury 1,028 · U.S. census
- Fusari 157 · U.S. census
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