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    The surname Ferraz

    A Portuguese surname, carried by 645 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex F620

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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). Ferraz is more common than 78.4% of them.

    Origin

    Portuguese origin

    Borrowed from Portuguese Ferraz.

    One of 71 Portuguese surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 645 people named Ferraz in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 478,675 Americans. That is up 45% since 2000, when the Census counted 445.

    #34,967
    rank among US surnames
    645
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +44.9%
    change since 2000 (was #45,308)

    Who is named Ferraz

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

    75% of people named Ferraz identified as white (not Hispanic), 14% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 5.3% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • White (not Hispanic) 75%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 14%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 5.3%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 3.1%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Ferrazs

    6 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Kiros Stanlley Soares Ferraz
      Brazilian association football player, born 1988
    • Matheus Ferraz
      Brazilian association football player, born 1985
    • Aílton Ferraz
      Brazilian association football player, born 1966
    • Carolina Ferraz
      Brazilian actress, born 1968
    • Victor Ferraz Macedo
      Brazilian footballer, born 1988
    • Simone Ferraz
      Brazilian hurdler, born 1990

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Ferraz

    Ferraz has the Soundex code F620, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F620.

    Other Portuguese surnames

    All 71 Portuguese surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Ferraz come from?
    Borrowed from Portuguese Ferraz.
    How common is the surname Ferraz?
    645 people in the United States had the surname Ferraz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 478,675 Americans. It ranked 34,967th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Ferraz?
    In the 2010 Census, 75% of people named Ferraz identified as white (not Hispanic), and 14% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Ferraz?
    Kiros Stanlley Soares Ferraz, Brazilian association football player, followed by Matheus Ferraz.
    Where is the surname Ferraz most common?
    Wikidata records people named Ferraz in Brazil.
    Is the surname Ferraz getting more or less common?
    More common. 445 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 645 in 2010, up 45%.