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furman Name Meaning and History

  1. 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). See also Forman.
  2. English: variant of Firmin.
  3. Americanized spelling of German Fuhrmann.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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furman Family Facts

Distribution of furman Families in the US in 1920
Number of furman families
 183-363
 62-182
 1-61
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Compiled by Ancestry.com.au from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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Looking For Grandmothers geneology pinkstoc 4
Kay Hudson Furman caroldel3 1
William R. Furman GEENNALEE 0
Silas Holmes Furman m. Marcia Parepa Shackford 18 Oct 1896 SearchShack 1
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Jonathan Furman m. Elizabeth Brush murphlex1 0
Rebecca Furman and Hoyt Palmer crockers1 1
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Hanna FURMAN ANDERSON Scott A. Jessop 8
Nowell Furman Fay Edwards 2
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