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    The surname Ferrer

    A Spanish surname, carried by 17,057 people in the United States.

    Pronounced /feˈreɾ/ 2 syllables Soundex F660

    Ferrer: #2,123 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#10,001Dubon Ferrer #2,123, 17,057 people Ferrer: #2,123 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Ferrer #2,123, 17,057 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ferrer is more common than 98.7% of them.

    Origin

    Spanish origin

    Borrowed from Spanish Ferrer, from Catalan Ferrer.

    One of 992 Spanish surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 17,057 people named Ferrer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 18,101 Americans. That is up 31% since 2000, when the Census counted 13,010.

    #2,123
    rank among US surnames
    17,057
    people in 2010
    5.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +31.1%
    change since 2000 (was #2,556)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,114Atwood17,11218,043
    #2,115Brunson17,09918,056
    #2,116Coon17,09718,058
    #2,117Mott17,09218,064
    #2,119Dinh17,08118,075
    #2,120Hirsch17,07218,085
    #2,121Keating17,06018,098

    Who is named Ferrer

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

    67% of people named Ferrer identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 19% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 12% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 67%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 19%
    • White (not Hispanic) 12%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.3%
    • Two or more races 1.3%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Ferrer

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

    Other Spanish surnames

    All 992 Spanish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Ferrer come from?
    Borrowed from Spanish Ferrer, from Catalan Ferrer.
    How common is the surname Ferrer?
    17,057 people in the United States had the surname Ferrer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 18,101 Americans. It ranked 2,123rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Ferrer?
    In the 2010 Census, 67% of people named Ferrer identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 19% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
    How do you pronounce Ferrer?
    Ferrer is /feˈreɾ/, 2 syllables.
    Is the surname Ferrer getting more or less common?
    More common. 13,010 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 17,057 in 2010, up 31%.