Furst History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
Early Origins of the Furst family
The surname Furst was first found in Baden, where the name was anciently associated with the tribal conflicts of the area. They declared allegiances to many nobles and princes of early history, lending their influence in struggles for power and status within the region. They branched into many houses, and their contributions were sought by many leaders in their search for power.
The House of Fürstenberg is an old and very influential Swabian noble house in Germany, found primarily in what is today southern Baden-Württemberg. Fürstenberg was a county of the Holy Roman Empire in Swabia.
Early History of the Furst family
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Furst Spelling Variations
Spelling variations of this family name include: Fürst, Furstenau, Furstenberg, Furstenberger, Furstenbusch, Furstenfeld, Furstenhauer, Furstenrecht, Furstenstein and many more.
Early Notables of the Furst family
Notables with the surname Furst during this period were Moses Israel Fürst (died ca. 1692), a merchant and financier of Hamburg, Germany. Füstenau was a family of distinguished flutists and good musicians. Caspar, born Feb. 26, 1772, at Münster, where his father was in the Bishop's band; was early left an orphan under the care of A. Romberg, who tried to force him to learn the bassoon, as well as the oboe, which he had been already taught; but his preference for the flute asserted itself, and he shortly became so proficient, as to support his family by playing in a...
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Furst Ranking
In the United States, the name Furst is the 9,968th most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 1
Furst migration to the United States +
Some of the first settlers of this family name were:
Furst Settlers in United States in the 18th Century
- Johannes Furst, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1741 2
- Jacob Furst, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1773 2
- Johann FUrst, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1774 2
Furst Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
- Joh Ph Furst, who landed in North America in 1832 2
- Martin Izrael Furst, who landed in New York, NY in 1837 2
- Ferdinand Furst, who arrived in Missouri in 1844 2
- Johann Furst, aged 28, who arrived in New York, NY in 1852 2
- Albert Furst, who settled in New York, NY in 1852
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Furst Settlers in United States in the 20th Century
- Benedict H Furst, who landed in Arkansas in 1905 2
- Anna Furst, who settled in America in 1907
Contemporary Notables of the name Furst (post 1700) +
- Stephen Furst (1954-2017), born Stephen Nelson Feuerstein, an American actor and film and television director, best known for his role as Kent "Flounder" Dorfman in the comedy film National Lampoon's Animal House
- Anton Furst (1944-1991), British-American, distinguished production designer who won an Oscar for designing the Batmobile and the noirish nightmare version of Gotham City in Tim Burton's Batman (1989)
- Alan Furst (b. 1941), American author of historical spy novels
- Julius Fürst, German orientalist and a distinguished scholar of Semitic languages and literature
- Paula Fürst (1894-1944), German educator and Zionist
- Moses Israel Fürst (d. 1692), German merchant
- Steve Furst (b. 1967), comedian and actor
- Julius Fürst (1805-1873), Jewish orientalist
Historic Events for the Furst family +
- Mr. Thomas Furst, British Leading Warrant Mechanician, who sailed into battle on the HMS Prince of Wales (1941) and survived the sinking 3
Citations +
- "What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
- Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
- HMS Prince of Wales Crew members. (Retrieved 2014, April 9) . Retrieved from http://www.forcez-survivors.org.uk/biographies/listprincecrew.html