Furstenberg is used as a family name or surname in Germany. It is 11 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Furstenberg
No. of characters: 11
Origin: Germany
Meaning:

Surname Furstenberg is derivation of Forst. Dweller in, or near, a forest.

An adaptation of Furst. One who acted the part of a prince in play or pageant; member of a prince's entourage.

How popular is Furstenberg?

As per 2010 US census, number of Furstenbergs grew by 10.1 per cent to 338 since 2000 and ranked 59742 after elevating 1465 spots. The last name was found in around 1 per million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 97.63 99.35

Immigrants to US

From Germany

Baile Furstenberg was 26 years old when she migrated to USA on August 23, 1864. She lived in Germany and took Teutonia from Hamburg & Southampton. Carl-F. Furstenberg, aged 23, 5 years old Carl Furstenberg, Johanne Furstenberg, Win. Furstenberg, aged 30, Philippe Furstenberg (17), Johannes Furstenberg, Laborer Abr. Furstenberg, Carol. Furstenberg, aged 20, and 6 other Furstenberg around 44.44% of whom were merchant while others worked as laborer migrated to US from Bremen, Havre & London, Bremen & Cowes, Liverpool and Hamburg & Havre.

Furstenberg Namesakes

  • George M. von Furstenberg, noted economist
  • Maximilien de Furstenberg, cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church and was Prefect of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches
  • Hillel Furstenberg, American-Israeli mathematician
  • Betsy von Furstenberg, German-born American actress

Furstenberg Namesakes

  • George M. von Furstenberg, noted economist
  • Maximilien de Furstenberg, cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church and was Prefect of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches
  • Hillel Furstenberg, American-Israeli mathematician
  • Betsy von Furstenberg, German-born American actress

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