The Furnari surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 983 people carried this name — #25,202 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 303,000 people counted. That is down 2% from 999 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Furnari surname
Occupational surname from Late Latin furnārius (“baker”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Furnari» (Italian), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 435 people named Furnari 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 Buenos Aires Province.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
125 people named Furnari live in Switzerland.
They live in 10 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 62 people named Furnari.
31 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 9 départements, most often Nord.
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 Belgium’s population register
At least 55 people named Furnari live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Hainaut.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
Who carried it
People named Furnari,
with a public archive behind them.
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Salvatore Furnari 1808–1866 · physician
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Christopher Furnari 1924–2018
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Baldassarre Furnari 1932–2005 · politician
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Francesco Furnari 1933–2021 · botanist
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Giovanni Furnari 1947– · botanist
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Giusi Furnari Luvarà 1947– · philosophy historian
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Furnari.
- 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
- Furman 9,273 · 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
- Fusaro 1,445 · U.S. census
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