Ferber Surname
Approximately 10,842 people bear this surname
Ferber Surname Definition:
= Furber, q.v.
Ferber Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 4,706 | 1:17,107 | 2,257 |
| United States | 3,481 | 1:104,125 | 11,462 |
| France | 619 | 1:107,306 | 15,912 |
| Canada | 217 | 1:169,795 | 17,065 |
| Russia | 215 | 1:670,340 | 57,576 |
| Poland | 143 | 1:265,795 | 32,854 |
| England | 133 | 1:418,933 | 28,433 |
| Brazil | 125 | 1:1,712,595 | 55,994 |
| Kazakhstan | 118 | 1:149,852 | 15,002 |
| Australia | 100 | 1:269,957 | 24,430 |
| Philippines | 100 | 1:1,012,382 | 86,556 |
| Ecuador | 97 | 1:163,978 | 7,313 |
| Argentina | 95 | 1:449,931 | 33,821 |
| Luxembourg | 88 | 1:6,597 | 990 |
| Austria | 77 | 1:110,590 | 15,709 |
| Switzerland | 76 | 1:108,065 | 11,329 |
| Belgium | 65 | 1:176,871 | 23,883 |
| Uruguay | 60 | 1:57,196 | 6,215 |
| Hungary | 57 | 1:172,215 | 15,080 |
| Ukraine | 52 | 1:875,436 | 85,376 |
| Netherlands | 34 | 1:496,682 | 47,398 |
| Croatia | 24 | 1:176,192 | 22,291 |
| Sweden | 22 | 1:447,580 | 32,003 |
| French Polynesia | 18 | 1:15,600 | 3,086 |
| Thailand | 14 | 1:5,045,596 | 363,835 |
| Spain | 12 | 1:3,896,003 | 72,236 |
| Ivory Coast | 11 | 1:2,097,385 | 37,425 |
| South Africa | 11 | 1:4,925,246 | 143,631 |
| Wales | 11 | 1:281,321 | 15,850 |
| Denmark | 6 | 1:940,786 | 47,603 |
| Japan | 4 | 1:31,961,073 | 53,820 |
| Mexico | 4 | 1:31,031,551 | 63,627 |
| Israel | 4 | 1:2,139,408 | 95,907 |
| Norway | 4 | 1:1,285,572 | 69,185 |
| Belarus | 4 | 1:2,375,265 | 105,497 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1:1,784,606 | 41,943 |
| Finland | 3 | 1:1,832,234 | 57,803 |
| Bulgaria | 3 | 1:2,326,302 | 54,089 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Slovakia | 2 | 1:2,668,225 | 118,680 |
| Faroe Islands | 2 | 1:24,499 | 1,578 |
| Venezuela | 2 | 1:15,102,038 | 69,873 |
| Moldova | 2 | 1:1,780,684 | 55,103 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Djibouti | 1 | 1:914,932 | 1,612 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 38 | 1:641,457 | 31,575 |
| Wales | 11 | 1:142,583 | 5,610 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 409 | 1:122,784 | 11,929 |
Ferber (37) may also be a first name.
Ferber Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
= Furber, q.v.
(German) A painter or stainer.
(from an ancestor's occupation) A variant of Farber, a dyer of cloth or a stainer of hides.
Ferber Demographics
Ferber Religious Adherence
in Russia
Religious Adherence
in Russia
Ferber Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ferber Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ferber (Russian: Фербер) occurs more in Germany more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ferber? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 47,688th most common last name in the world, held by around 1 in 672,159 people. The last name Ferber occurs predominantly in Europe, where 58 percent of Ferber live; 52 percent live in Western Europe and 46 percent live in Germanic Europe. Ferber is also the 1,688,769th most frequently held first name world-wide. It is borne by 37 people.
The surname is most commonly used in Germany, where it is carried by 4,706 people, or 1 in 17,107. In Germany it is most frequent in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 28 percent live, Bavaria, where 20 percent live and Hesse, where 11 percent live. Outside of Germany this last name is found in 58 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 32 percent live and France, where 6 percent live.
Ferber Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Ferber has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname grew 851 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 350 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Ferber Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the last name is primarily Orthodox (85%) in Russia and Orthodox (50%) in Kazakhstan.
In The United States those bearing the Ferber surname are 3.58% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 50.35% registered with the political party.
The amount Ferber earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 42.55% more than the national average, earning 493,334 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 104.91% more than the national average, earning R 486,936 per year; in United States they earn 20.06% more than the national average, earning $51,804 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.23% more than the national average, earning $49,796 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ferber Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ferber in the Russian language | ||
| Фербер | ferber | - |
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