How common is the surname Ferber?

2,182 people in the United States had the surname Ferber in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 141,497 Americans. It ranked 13,850th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Ferber?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Ferber identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Ferber?

Edna Ferber, American novelist, short story writer and playwright (1885–1968), followed by Ludmila Ferber.

Where is the surname Ferber most common?

Wikidata records people named Ferber in the United States and Brazil.

Is the surname Ferber getting more or less common?

More common. 2,166 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,182 in 2010, up 0.7%.

The surname Ferber

A surname, carried by 2,182 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex F616

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ferber is more common than 91.5% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,182 people named Ferber in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 141,497 Americans. That is up 0.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,166.

#13,850

rank among US surnames

2,182

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

+0.7%

change since 2000 (was #12,976)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#13,843	Gardener	2,184	141,367
#13,845	Westberg	2,183	141,432
#13,850	Winer	2,182	141,497
#13,855	Brenes	2,181	141,561

Who is named Ferber

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

93% of people named Ferber identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.2%
Two or more races 1.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Ferbers

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Edna Ferber
American novelist, short story writer and playwright (1885–1968)
Ludmila Ferber
Brazilian singer-songwriter, 1965–2022

Notable Ferbers come mostly from the United States (1) and Brazil (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Ferber

Ferber has the Soundex code F616, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F616.

Questions

How common is the surname Ferber?: 2,182 people in the United States had the surname Ferber in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 141,497 Americans. It ranked 13,850th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Ferber?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Ferber identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Ferber?: Edna Ferber, American novelist, short story writer and playwright (1885–1968), followed by Ludmila Ferber.
Where is the surname Ferber most common?: Wikidata records people named Ferber in the United States and Brazil.
Is the surname Ferber getting more or less common?: More common. 2,166 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,182 in 2010, up 0.7%.