Ferrais Surname
Approximately 623 people bear this surname
Ferrais Surname User-submission:
This surname is from Portugal, in the Porto District. Some people emigrated to Brazil around 1820.
Ferrais Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 488 | 1:438,677 | 16,623 |
| Italy | 96 | 1:637,049 | 57,270 |
| Belgium | 11 | 1:1,045,149 | 78,166 |
| Australia | 10 | 1:2,699,570 | 109,631 |
| Mexico | 5 | 1:24,825,241 | 58,251 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| Venezuela | 2 | 1:15,102,038 | 69,873 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Ferrais Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
This surname is from Portugal, in the Porto District. Some people emigrated to Brazil around 1820.
- evaFerrais Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ferrais Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ferrais is carried by more people in Brazil than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ferrais? popularity and diffusion
It is the 521,888th most widely held last name at a global level, held by around 1 in 11,697,505 people. The last name Ferrais is mostly found in The Americas, where 80 percent of Ferrais reside; 79 percent reside in South America and 78 percent reside in Luso-South America.
This surname is most prevalent in Brazil, where it is held by 488 people, or 1 in 438,677. In Brazil Ferrais is mostly found in: São Paulo, where 16 percent live, Maranhão, where 15 percent live and Pernambuco, where 9 percent live. Not including Brazil this last name occurs in 11 countries. It also occurs in Italy, where 15 percent live and Belgium, where 2 percent live.
Ferrais Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Ferrais has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name rose 400 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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Footnotes
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