The FURNISS surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
	Total	Rank	Frequency %	Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot)	1,214	20359	0	4
United States (1880 census)	217	18163	0	4
Change since 1880	+997	-2196	+N/A	0
Other Countries
Australia	281	5518	0.002	17
United Kingdom	1,930	3062	0.004	42

Top States for FURNISS by Total
State	Total	Rank in State	Frequency %	Per million people
Ohio	145	8092	0.001	13
Idaho	97	1636	0.007	75
California	90	22359	0.000	3
Florida	73	19915	0.000	5
Indiana	71	8901	0.001	12
Top States for FURNISS by Frequency
State	Total	Rank in State	Frequency %	Per million people
Idaho	97	1636	0.007	75
Utah	66	3600	0.003	30
Montana	16	7732	0.002	18
Ohio	145	8092	0.001	13
Mississippi	36	5944	0.001	13

Notes

Total is the total number of people with that surname.
Rank is the position in the list of names ordered by total (eg, a rank of 1 means that it's the most common name, and a rank of 10 means it's the tenth most common, etc).
Frequency is the percentage of people with that surname.
Per million people is the number of people with that surname per million of the population.

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called FURNISS live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called FURNISS represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called FURNISS in Ohio than any other state, but you are more likely to find a FURNISS by picking someone at random in Idaho than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of FURNISS

Region of origin: British Isles

Country of origin: England

Language of origin: English

Ethnic origin: English

Religious origin: Christian

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the FURNISS surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the language spoken, or religion practised, by the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Data for ethnic origin relates to the region and country in which the FURNISS surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the ethnicity of the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of FURNISS in the USA

Classification	Total	Percent
Black/African American	53	4.37
White (Hispanic)	18	1.48
Asian/Pacific	8	0.66
White (Caucasian)	1,126	92.75
Mixed Race	Less than 100	Insignificant
Native American/Alaskan	Less than 100	Insignificant

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the FURNISS surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Similar names to FURNISS

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as FURNISS.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.