German diaspora
Fürbringer – also occurring in the German diaspora variants Fuerbringer or Furbringer – is a surname of German origin. Its literal meaning is "witness" or more pejoratively tinged "accusator" or "slanderer" (from Middle High German "vürbringer", an agent noun derived from mhg. "vürbringen", which corresponds to New High German "vorbringen" "to say") and originally described a person who gave oral testimony before a court. In Germany the area of highest density of this family name is located in the eastern part of the Bavarian region of Upper Franconia and in the neighboring Vogtland to the north.