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Furman Name Meaning
Polish, Czech, Slovak, Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic), and
Slovenian: occupational name for a carter or drayman, the driver of a
horse-drawn delivery vehicle, from Polish, Yiddish, and Slovenian
furman, a loanword from German (see Fuhrmann). AC, SL
See also Forman.English: variant of Firmin.Americanized spelling of German Fuhrmann.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Furman Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Furman families
 183 - 363  62 - 182 |
 1 - 61  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Furman families
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17 - 32 6 - 16 |
1 - 5 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Furman families
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2 - 1 2 - 1 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Furman Family Origin
Furman Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Furman
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Furman Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Furman census records
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Furman Civil War Service Records
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