Furter
surname · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/fɝtɝ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Furter is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Switzerland than in any other country.
- CHSwitzerland1 in 12K(measured from records)
- AOAngola≈1 in 169K
- ZASouth Africa≈1 in 173K
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
- 82 (measured from records)
- 1 in 12K (inferred from the name graph)
714 people, 2024
Highest-authority source
Switzerland
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
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)
Furter 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 | 714 | 1 in 12K | 714 | Furter | 31 |
| ZA South Africa | ≈330 est. | ≈1 in 173K | — | Furter | 23 |
| AO Angola | ≈190 est. | ≈1 in 169K | — | Furter | 1 |
| FR France | ≈92 est. | ≈1 in 741K | 13 | Furter | 82 |
| US United States | ≈67 est. | ≈1 in 4.9M | listed | Furter | 68 |
| NZ New Zealand | ≈8 est. | ≈1 in 601K | — | Furter | 9 |
714 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: BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); the us-wru-surnames-voterfile register; INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000). 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)
- Michael Furterb. 1500DESwiss-German bookbinder, bookseller and printer at Basel, active 1489-1517
- Otto Furterb. 1905CHSwiss photographer (1905-1998)
- Eva Furterb. 1925CH* 28.3.1925 Gerliswil LU www.eva-furter.ch.vu Formation et profession: Badener Märchenkönigin Prix: Anerkennung Deutsche Bücherei Leipzig 1976. Anerkennung Stadt Baden 1992. Anerkennung Schweiz. Landesbibliothek 1993. Décédé/e le: 3.5.2015 F
- Pierre Furterb. 1931CHSwiss education philosopher
- Franziska Furterb. 1972CHSwiss drawer (born 1972)
- Giorgio Furterb. 1972ITItalian architect (born 1972)
- Sean Furterb. 1977NANamibian rugby union player
- Samuel Furterb. 2006CHSwiss gymnast
- Rolf FurterCHresearcher
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).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 10 sources across 7 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CH Switzerland | BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames) | 2024 | 714 | #1,762 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1951 | 17 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1921 | 17 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1981 | 15 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1971 | 15 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1961 | 15 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1941 | 14 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1991 | 13 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1911 | 11 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1931 | 10 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1891 | 8 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1901 | 3 | — |
Reference works 3
- 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
- jeantosti.com — Dictionnaire des noms de famille de France et d'ailleurs (Jean Tosti)
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
- How do you pronounce Furter?
- A machine transcription gives /fɝtɝ/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Furter have the most bearers?
- In Switzerland, the national register counted about 714 people named Furter, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled furter.
- Where is Furter most common?
- Furter is densest in Switzerland, where the national register counts about 1 in 12 thousand people carrying it.
- How common is the name Furter?
- In Switzerland, the national register counted 714 people named Furter in 2024, about 1 in 12 thousand residents.
What do you want to know about Furter?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/furterThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
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, “Furter”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.