How common is the surname Ferrel?

3,054 people in the United States had the surname Ferrel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 101,095 Americans. It ranked 10,510th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Ferrel?

In the 2010 Census, 52% of people named Ferrel identified as white (not Hispanic), and 41% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Ferrel?

William Ferrel, American metereologist (1817–1891), followed by Leonardo Ferrel.

Where is the surname Ferrel most common?

Wikidata records people named Ferrel in the United States and Bolivia.

Is the surname Ferrel getting more or less common?

More common. 2,664 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,054 in 2010, up 15%.

The surname Ferrel

A surname, carried by 3,054 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex F640

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ferrel is more common than 93.5% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,054 people named Ferrel in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 101,095 Americans. That is up 15% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,664.

#10,510

rank among US surnames

3,054

people in 2010

1.0

per 100,000 Americans

+14.6%

change since 2000 (was #10,956)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#10,505	Zeno	3,055	101,062
#10,510	Ferrel	3,054	101,095
#10,512	Beagle	3,053	101,129
#10,514	Konrad	3,052	101,162
#10,515	Amburgey	3,051	101,195
#10,517	Rymer	3,050	101,228

Who is named Ferrel

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

52% of people named Ferrel identified as white (not Hispanic), 41% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 5.2% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 52%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 41%
Black (not Hispanic) 5.2%
Two or more races 0.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Ferrels

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

William Ferrel
American metereologist (1817–1891)
Leonardo Ferrel
Bolivian footballer (1923–2013)

Notable Ferrels come mostly from the United States (1) and Bolivia (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Ferrel

Ferrel has the Soundex code F640, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F640.

Questions

How common is the surname Ferrel?: 3,054 people in the United States had the surname Ferrel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 101,095 Americans. It ranked 10,510th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Ferrel?: In the 2010 Census, 52% of people named Ferrel identified as white (not Hispanic), and 41% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Ferrel?: William Ferrel, American metereologist (1817–1891), followed by Leonardo Ferrel.
Where is the surname Ferrel most common?: Wikidata records people named Ferrel in the United States and Bolivia.
Is the surname Ferrel getting more or less common?: More common. 2,664 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,054 in 2010, up 15%.