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    The surname Fero

    A Hungarian surname, carried by 650 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex F600

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Fero is more common than 78.6% of them.

    Origin

    Hungarian origin

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

    One of 46 Hungarian surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 650 people named Fero in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 474,993 Americans. That is up 3.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 629.

    #34,758
    rank among US surnames
    650
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.3%
    change since 2000 (was #34,114)

    Who is named Fero

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

    92% of people named Fero identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.1% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 92%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.9%
    • Two or more races 2.1%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Fero

    Fero has the Soundex code F600, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F600.

    Other Hungarian surnames

    All 46 Hungarian surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Fero come from?
    * As a German surname, variant of Fiero. * As a Hungarian surname, from Feró, pet form of Ferenc (“Francis”).
    How common is the surname Fero?
    650 people in the United States had the surname Fero in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 474,993 Americans. It ranked 34,758th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Fero?
    In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Fero identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Fero getting more or less common?
    More common. 629 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 650 in 2010, up 3.3%.