Furey

English

Etymology

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Fiúra, reduced form of Ó Fiodhabhra (“descendant of Fiodhabhra”), a personal name composed of the elements fiodh (“wood, timber”) and fabhra (“eyelash; eyebrow”).

Proper noun

Furey (plural Fureys)

1. A surname from Irish.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Furey is the 10935^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2911 individuals. Furey is most common among White (93.54%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Furey”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 613.