How common is the surname Ferro?

7,273 people in the United States had the surname Ferro in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 42,451 Americans. It ranked 4,843rd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Ferro?

In the 2010 Census, 76% of people named Ferro identified as white (not Hispanic), and 21% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Ferro?

Pablo Ferro, American artist (1935–2018), followed by Lorenzo Ferro.

Where is the surname Ferro most common?

Wikidata records people named Ferro in the United States and Argentina.

Is the surname Ferro getting more or less common?

More common. 6,872 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,273 in 2010, up 5.8%.

The surname Ferro

An Italian surname, carried by 7,273 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). Ferro is more common than 97% of them.

Origin

Italian origin

* As an Italian, Spanish (occasionally Sephardic Jewish), Portuguese, Maltese, Galician surname, all from the noun ferro (“iron”). * As an English surname, variant of Farrar.

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 7,273 people named Ferro in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 42,451 Americans. That is up 5.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,872.

#4,843

rank among US surnames

7,273

people in 2010

2.5

per 100,000 Americans

+5.8%

change since 2000 (was #4,719)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,834	Lindgren	7,300	42,294
#4,835	Tibbs	7,294	42,329
#4,836	Bare	7,291	42,346
#4,837	Das	7,289	42,358
#4,838	Lowman	7,284	42,387
#4,839	McKeon	7,283	42,393
#4,840	Creighton	7,282	42,398

Who is named Ferro

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

76% of people named Ferro identified as white (not Hispanic), 21% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

White (not Hispanic) 76%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 21%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.2%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.9%
Two or more races 0.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Ferros

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Pablo Ferro
American artist (1935–2018)
Lorenzo Ferro
Argentine actor and singer (1998-)

Notable Ferros come mostly from the United States (1) and Argentina (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Ferro

Ferro 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 Ferro come from?: * As an Italian, Spanish (occasionally Sephardic Jewish), Portuguese, Maltese, Galician surname, all from the noun ferro (“iron”). * As an English surname, variant of Farrar.
How common is the surname Ferro?: 7,273 people in the United States had the surname Ferro in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 42,451 Americans. It ranked 4,843rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Ferro?: In the 2010 Census, 76% of people named Ferro identified as white (not Hispanic), and 21% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Ferro?: Pablo Ferro, American artist (1935–2018), followed by Lorenzo Ferro.
Where is the surname Ferro most common?: Wikidata records people named Ferro in the United States and Argentina.
Is the surname Ferro getting more or less common?: More common. 6,872 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,273 in 2010, up 5.8%.