How common is the surname Ferrier?

3,654 people in the United States had the surname Ferrier in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 84,495 Americans. It ranked 8,959th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Ferrier getting more or less common?

More common. 3,334 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,654 in 2010, up 9.6%.

The surname Ferrier

A French surname, carried by 3,654 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex F660

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ferrier is more common than 94.5% of them.

Origin

French origin

* As a Scottish and English surname, from French ferrier (“ironsmith”). Compare Farrar, Farrier. * Also as a Scottish and English surname, from the noun ferrier (“ferryman”).

One of 791 French surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,654 people named Ferrier in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 84,495 Americans. That is up 9.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,334.

#8,959

rank among US surnames

3,654

people in 2010

1.2

per 100,000 Americans

+9.6%

change since 2000 (was #9,013)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,951	Starcher	3,657	84,426
#8,954	Lavalley	3,656	84,449
#8,956	Cauthen	3,655	84,472
#8,959	Mendonca	3,654	84,495
#8,962	Perlman	3,653	84,518
#8,964	Lafontaine	3,652	84,541

Who is named Ferrier

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

83% of people named Ferrier identified as white (not Hispanic), 10% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 83%
Black (not Hispanic) 10%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
Two or more races 2.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Ferrier

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

Other French surnames

All 791 French surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Ferrier come from?: * As a Scottish and English surname, from French ferrier (“ironsmith”). Compare Farrar, Farrier. * Also as a Scottish and English surname, from the noun ferrier (“ferryman”).
How common is the surname Ferrier?: 3,654 people in the United States had the surname Ferrier in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 84,495 Americans. It ranked 8,959th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Ferrier?: In the 2010 Census, 83% of people named Ferrier identified as white (not Hispanic), and 10% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Ferrier getting more or less common?: More common. 3,334 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,654 in 2010, up 9.6%.