The furman Surname

furman Name Meaning and History

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.
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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furman Family Facts

Distribution of furman Families in the US in 1920

Number of furman families

183-363

62-182

1-61

Compiled by Ancestry.com.au from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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Thread	Author	Replies
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
Furman	sageeric1	1
Jonathan Furman m. Elizabeth Brush	murphlex1	0
Rebecca Furman and Hoyt Palmer	crockers1	1
Furman Family	reynoldsge	1
Hanna FURMAN ANDERSON	Scott A. Jessop	8
Nowell Furman	Fay Edwards	2

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