The Furrer surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,052 people carried this name — #23,978 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 277,800 people counted. That is down 6% from 1,116 in 2000.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
6,568 people named Furrer live in Switzerland.
They live in all 26 of Switzerland’s cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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 Argentina’s national register
At least 567 people named Furrer 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 Santa Fe.
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 76 people named Furrer.
29 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 18 départements, most often Dordogne.
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 the Nordic population registers
25 people named Furrer is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
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).
Who carried it
People named Furrer,
with a public archive behind them.
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Laurenz Furrer 1589–1659 · theologian -
Sigismund Furrer 1788–1865 · historian -
Jonas Furrer 1805–1861 · mayor -
Édouard Furrer d. 2019 · architect
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Jakob Furrer 1818–1889 · entrepreneur
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Bartholomäus Furrer 1834–1901
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Furrer.
- Furio 389 · U.S. census
- Furlan 702 · U.S. census
- Furlani 222 · U.S. census
- Furman 9,273 · U.S. census
- Furnari 983 · U.S. census
- Furno 462 · 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
- Fusco 8,650 · U.S. census
- Fuselier 2,583 · U.S. census
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