How common is the surname Ferrara?

13,669 people in the United States had the surname Ferrara in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 22,587 Americans. It ranked 2,635th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Ferrara?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Ferrara identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Ferrara?

Abel Ferrara, American film director, followed by Jerry Ferrara.

Where is the surname Ferrara most common?

Wikidata records people named Ferrara in the United States.

Is the surname Ferrara getting more or less common?

More common. 13,357 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 13,669 in 2010, up 2.3%.

The surname Ferrara

An Italian surname, carried by 13,669 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex F660

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ferrara is more common than 98.4% of them.

Origin

Italian origin

Borrowed from Italian Ferrara.

One of 798 Italian surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 13,669 people named Ferrara in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 22,587 Americans. That is up 2.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 13,357.

#2,635

rank among US surnames

13,669

people in 2010

4.6

per 100,000 Americans

+2.3%

change since 2000 (was #2,480)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#2,626	Minton	13,737	22,475
#2,627	Duenas	13,736	22,477
#2,628	Mackenzie	13,733	22,482
#2,629	Briscoe	13,728	22,490
#2,630	Lawton	13,713	22,515
#2,631	Sarmiento	13,710	22,520
#2,632	Brinkley	13,695	22,544

Who is named Ferrara

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

93% of people named Ferrara identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.5%
Two or more races 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Ferraras

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Abel Ferrara
American film director, born 1951
Jerry Ferrara
American actor, born 1979
Adam Ferrara
American actor and comedian, born 1966

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Ferrara

Ferrara has the Soundex code F660, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F660.

Other Italian surnames

All 798 Italian surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Ferrara come from?: Borrowed from Italian Ferrara.
How common is the surname Ferrara?: 13,669 people in the United States had the surname Ferrara in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 22,587 Americans. It ranked 2,635th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Ferrara?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Ferrara identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Ferrara?: Abel Ferrara, American film director, followed by Jerry Ferrara.
Where is the surname Ferrara most common?: Wikidata records people named Ferrara in the United States.
Is the surname Ferrara getting more or less common?: More common. 13,357 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 13,669 in 2010, up 2.3%.