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    The surname Ferraro

    A surname, carried by 12,355 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex F660

    Ferraro: #2,903 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Ferraro #2,903, 12,355 people Ferraro: #2,903 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Ferraro #2,903, 12,355 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ferraro is more common than 98.2% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 12,355 people named Ferraro in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 24,990 Americans. That is up 2.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 12,090.

    #2,903
    rank among US surnames
    12,355
    people in 2010
    4.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.2%
    change since 2000 (was #2,742)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,894Mixon12,39424,911
    #2,895Geary12,38224,935
    #2,896Montiel12,37624,947
    #2,897Santamaria12,37524,949
    #2,898McAfee12,37124,957
    #2,899Donald12,36724,965
    #2,900Foust12,36624,967

    Who is named Ferraro

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

    93% of people named Ferraro identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 93%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.6%
    • Two or more races 1.0%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Ferraros

    4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Geraldine Ferraro
      American politician (1935–2011)
    • Landon Ferraro
      American ice hockey player, born 1991
    • James Ferraro
      American musician (born 1986)
    • Waldo de los Ríos
      Argentine composer, conductor, pianist, arranger (1934-1977)

    Notable Ferraros come mostly from the United States (2), Canada (1) and Argentina (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Ferraro

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

    Questions

    How common is the surname Ferraro?
    12,355 people in the United States had the surname Ferraro in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 24,990 Americans. It ranked 2,903rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Ferraro?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Ferraro identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Ferraro?
    Geraldine Ferraro, American politician (1935–2011), followed by Landon Ferraro.
    Where is the surname Ferraro most common?
    Wikidata records people named Ferraro in the United States, Canada and Argentina.
    Is the surname Ferraro getting more or less common?
    More common. 12,090 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 12,355 in 2010, up 2.2%.