Ferber Surname

47,688th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 10,842 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Luxembourg

Ferber Surname Definition:

= Furber, q.v.

Ferber Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany4,7061:17,1072,257
United States3,4811:104,12511,462
France6191:107,30615,912
Canada2171:169,79517,065
Russia2151:670,34057,576
Poland1431:265,79532,854
England1331:418,93328,433
Brazil1251:1,712,59555,994
Kazakhstan1181:149,85215,002
Australia1001:269,95724,430
Philippines1001:1,012,38286,556
Ecuador971:163,9787,313
Argentina951:449,93133,821
Luxembourg881:6,597990
Austria771:110,59015,709
Switzerland761:108,06511,329
Belgium651:176,87123,883
Uruguay601:57,1966,215
Hungary571:172,21515,080
Ukraine521:875,43685,376
Netherlands341:496,68247,398
Croatia241:176,19222,291
Sweden221:447,58032,003
French Polynesia181:15,6003,086
Thailand141:5,045,596363,835
Spain121:3,896,00372,236
Ivory Coast111:2,097,38537,425
South Africa111:4,925,246143,631
Wales111:281,32115,850
Denmark61:940,78647,603
Japan41:31,961,07353,820
Mexico41:31,031,55163,627
Israel41:2,139,40895,907
Norway41:1,285,57269,185
Belarus41:2,375,265105,497
Scotland31:1,784,60641,943
Finland31:1,832,23457,803
Bulgaria31:2,326,30254,089
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
Slovakia21:2,668,225118,680
Faroe Islands21:24,4991,578
Venezuela21:15,102,03869,873
Moldova21:1,780,68455,103
Uzbekistan11:30,929,14267,786
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Monaco11:37,0664,748
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Guatemala11:16,082,66812,169
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Djibouti11:914,9321,612
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England381:641,45731,575
Wales111:142,5835,610
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4091:122,78411,929

Ferber (37) may also be a first name.

Ferber Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

= Furber, q.v.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(German) A painter or stainer.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

(from an ancestor's occupation) A variant of Farber, a dyer of cloth or a stainer of hides.

— Rabbi Benzion Kaganoff

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

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Faerber922,685/
Ferbert92420/
Ferbere924/
Ferbier923/
Fierber920/
Ferbear920/
Ferbe9136/
Ferbeyre8675/
Foerberh863/
Faerberh862/
Ferberth861/
Fherbert861/
Farber8313,191/
Färber839,408/
Verber831,093/
Forber83646/
Ferbei83524/
Ferbey83196/
Freber83167/
Ferver83116/
Ferbes8371/
Ferbet8370/
Ferbee8354/
Ferbie8310/
Ferwer834/
Ferbez834/
Ferbej833/
Ferbea830/
Firber830/
Ferberova804/
Ferberová803/
Ferveur77165/
Forbear7797/
Fervier7786/
Färbert7725/
Verbier7720/
Ferrbee774/
Verberh773/
Farberh773/
Fervert772/
Firbert772/
Ferrver771/
Verbeer771/
Fairber770/
Faarber770/
Forrber770/
Farbear770/
Fiorber770/
Verbe73521/
Ferby73252/
Frebe7342/
Ferbi7338/
Ferba7319/
Firbe7313/
Ferve738/
Fairbert7146/
Fearebee711/
Ferveire711/
Ferbayre711/
Ferbeest710/
Verver671,515/
Verwer671,295/
Fearby67276/
Verbey6741/
Färberová6734/
Verbee6724/
Fairbeard6713/
Verbie678/
Verbei676/
Forbir675/
Varber675/
Verbir674/
Ferbay674/
Vorber673/
Fervej673/
Ferbis673/
Verbeh672/
Fervei671/
Verbea671/
Ferbit671/
Ferbio671/
Fairbe671/
Freïbe671/
Fherbi671/
Ferbai671/
Firbee670/
Firbey670/
Firbes670/
Firbir670/
Fervey670/
Frebee670/
Ferrby670/

Ferber Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Ferber in the Russian language
Ферберferber-

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