# Fero (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/fero/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Hungarian.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Hungarian |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 650 |
| US rank (2010) | 34,758 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 474,993 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.3% (629 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* As a German surname, variant of Fiero. * As a Hungarian surname, from Feró, pet form of Ferenc (“Francis”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Fero in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 92% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.9% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.9% |
| Two or more races | 2.1% |

## Similar surnames

Fierro, Ferry, Ferro, Fehr, Ferri, Ferree, Fear, Feria, Fiero, Fry, Frye, Frey.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.