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    The surname Ferriter

    An English occupational surname, carried by 538 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex F636

    Ferriter: #40,610 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Ferriter #40,610, 538 people Ferriter: #40,610 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Ferriter #40,610, 538 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ferriter is more common than 75% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

    Two possible origins: * Occupational surname for someone who hunts rabbits with ferrets, from Middle English fereter (“ferreter”); this surname is well-established also in Ireland. * Americanized spelling of German Vorreiter, an occupational surname for someone who rides ahead.

    Ferriter is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

    One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 538 people named Ferriter in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 573,876 Americans. That is up 4.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 515.

    #40,610
    rank among US surnames
    538
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4.5%
    change since 2000 (was #40,083)

    Who is named Ferriter

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

    97% of people named Ferriter identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 97%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.3%
    • Two or more races 1.1%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Ferriter

    Ferriter has the Soundex code F636, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F636.

    Other English surnames

    All 1,446 English surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Ferriter come from?
    Two possible origins: * Occupational surname for someone who hunts rabbits with ferrets, from Middle English fereter (“ferreter”); this surname is well-established also in Ireland. * Americanized spelling of German Vorreiter, an occupational surname for someone who rides ahead.
    How common is the surname Ferriter?
    538 people in the United States had the surname Ferriter in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 573,876 Americans. It ranked 40,610th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Ferriter?
    In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Ferriter identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    What type of surname is Ferriter?
    Ferriter is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
    Is the surname Ferriter getting more or less common?
    More common. 515 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 538 in 2010, up 4.5%.