Furant is used as a family name or surname in Ireland, England. It is 6 characters long in length.
The lastname is a variant form of Ferrand. "Imported at a very early period into the deanery of Craven, in Yorkshire, from Normandy, where it is still to be met with. From seems to be no ground for such distinction. William de Fortibus, earl of Albemarle, Hugh Ferrand, in the XIII. century had a deed of grant to himself and his heirs of the office of Warder of Skipton castle." B.L.G.
Variation of the Ferrand. Descendant of Ferrand, a contraction of Ferdinand meaning "journey, venture"; one who had iron-gray, or graying, hair.
Furant is variation of Farand. See Farrant - The English form of Ferdinandus, Spanish Fernandez, Italian Ferando, Old French Ferant
In Lincolnshire farrand means deep, cunning.
Furant is a variant form of Fearon. Feron, anciently Le Feron. Le Feyron, (Hundred Rolls) A name still well known in Normandy: derived by M. de Gerville from the same source as Ferrier-viz., from fer, ferrum—a worker in iron. There are horse-shoes in the arms of one family of this name.