How common is the surname Ferri?

3,059 people in the United States had the surname Ferri in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 100,930 Americans. It ranked 10,491st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Ferri?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Ferri identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Ferri?

Olga Ferri, Ballet Dancer (1928–2012).

Where is the surname Ferri most common?

Wikidata records people named Ferri in Argentina.

Is the surname Ferri getting more or less common?

More common. 3,005 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,059 in 2010, up 1.8%.

The surname Ferri

An Italian surname, carried by 3,059 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex F600

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

Origin

Italian origin

Borrowed from Italian Ferri.

One of 798 Italian surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,059 people named Ferri in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 100,930 Americans. That is up 1.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,005.

#10,491

rank among US surnames

3,059

people in 2010

1.0

per 100,000 Americans

+1.8%

change since 2000 (was #9,902)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#10,484	Caylor	3,064	100,766
#10,486	Caffrey	3,062	100,831
#10,487	Arens	3,060	100,897
#10,491	Garth	3,059	100,930
#10,498	Chatfield	3,057	100,996
#10,499	Fulbright	3,056	101,029

Who is named Ferri

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

94% of people named Ferri identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.0% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.3%
Two or more races 1.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Ferris

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Olga Ferri
Ballet Dancer (1928–2012)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Ferri

Ferri has the Soundex code F600, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F600.

Other Italian surnames

All 798 Italian surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Ferri come from?: Borrowed from Italian Ferri.
How common is the surname Ferri?: 3,059 people in the United States had the surname Ferri in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 100,930 Americans. It ranked 10,491st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Ferri?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Ferri identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Ferri?: Olga Ferri, Ballet Dancer (1928–2012).
Where is the surname Ferri most common?: Wikidata records people named Ferri in Argentina.
Is the surname Ferri getting more or less common?: More common. 3,005 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,059 in 2010, up 1.8%.