# Ferraz (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/ferraz/  
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 Portuguese.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Portuguese |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 645 |
| US rank (2010) | 34,967 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 478,675 people |
| Change since 2000 | +45% (445 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese Ferraz.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Ferraz 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) | 75% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 3.1% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 14% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 5.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Ferraz in Brazil.

## People named Ferraz

- Kiros Stanlley Soares Ferraz, Brazilian association football player
- Matheus Ferraz, Brazilian association football player
- Aílton Ferraz, Brazilian association football player
- Carolina Ferraz, Brazilian actress
- Victor Ferraz Macedo, Brazilian footballer
- Simone Ferraz, Brazilian hurdler

## Similar surnames

Ferris, Ferrucci, Farris, Frias, Farias, Frick, Fries, Freese, Faris, Fraga, Fricke, Frisch.

## 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.