Furst surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Furst surname

In the 2000 U.S. Census, 2,432 people carried this name — #11,795 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 111,100 people counted.

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In Switzerland’s population statistics

1,206 people named Furst live in Switzerland.

They live in 23 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Zurich 392
Solothurn 197
Bern 93
Aargau 84
Fribourg 65
Basel-Landschaft 64
Vaud 63
Thurgau 46

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 339 people named Furst.

27 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 27 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.

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Where they were born

Born outside France 27
Bas-Rhin 167
Haut-Rhin 51
Moselle 22
Paris 20
Rhône 6
Nord 5
Vosges 5
Haute-Marne 4

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Poland’s population register

32 people named Furst have a registered home in Poland.

Of the 92 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 6 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Greater Poland.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Greater Poland 10
Masovian 8
Silesian 6
Lower Silesian 3
Kuyavian-Pomeranian 3
Pomeranian 2

PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.

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