Ferrara Surname
Approximately 91,652 people bear this surname
Ferrara Surname Definition:
(Italian) One who came from Ferrara, (Forum Allieni), a province in Italy.
Read More About This SurnameFerrara Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Italy | 60,317 | 1:1,014 | 27 |
| United States | 19,467 | 1:18,619 | 2,344 |
| Argentina | 2,818 | 1:15,168 | 1,348 |
| France | 2,131 | 1:31,170 | 3,792 |
| Brazil | 993 | 1:215,583 | 8,310 |
| Canada | 912 | 1:40,401 | 5,036 |
| Mexico | 762 | 1:162,895 | 4,851 |
| Belgium | 565 | 1:20,348 | 3,149 |
| Germany | 550 | 1:146,374 | 17,625 |
| Switzerland | 522 | 1:15,734 | 2,581 |
| England | 425 | 1:131,101 | 12,983 |
| Venezuela | 401 | 1:75,322 | 3,113 |
| Australia | 379 | 1:71,229 | 8,422 |
| Spain | 284 | 1:164,620 | 11,885 |
| Israel | 197 | 1:43,440 | 5,867 |
| Panama | 140 | 1:27,945 | 1,679 |
| Thailand | 92 | 1:767,808 | 125,203 |
| Uruguay | 75 | 1:45,757 | 5,151 |
| Dominican Republic | 69 | 1:151,202 | 5,897 |
| Scotland | 48 | 1:111,538 | 7,348 |
| Wales | 30 | 1:103,151 | 8,167 |
| Netherlands | 29 | 1:582,316 | 51,332 |
| South Africa | 26 | 1:2,083,758 | 92,464 |
| Guam | 25 | 1:6,405 | 908 |
| Chile | 22 | 1:800,749 | 17,445 |
| Sweden | 20 | 1:492,338 | 35,486 |
| Croatia | 19 | 1:222,558 | 25,345 |
| Aruba | 18 | 1:5,749 | 789 |
| Malta | 18 | 1:23,904 | 1,289 |
| Singapore | 17 | 1:323,983 | 13,856 |
| New Caledonia | 16 | 1:17,264 | 4,719 |
| Peru | 16 | 1:1,986,508 | 25,077 |
| Denmark | 15 | 1:376,314 | 25,792 |
| Ireland | 14 | 1:336,353 | 12,021 |
| Austria | 14 | 1:608,245 | 54,975 |
| Paraguay | 14 | 1:516,910 | 6,745 |
| Indonesia | 11 | 1:12,022,654 | 410,938 |
| Russia | 11 | 1:13,102,096 | 377,010 |
| Czechia | 10 | 1:1,063,347 | 80,937 |
| China | 9 | 1:151,924,618 | 7,954 |
| Mozambique | 9 | 1:3,029,063 | 2,946 |
| Iran | 8 | 1:9,597,816 | 173,045 |
| United Arab Emirates | 8 | 1:1,145,284 | 40,289 |
| Jersey | 7 | 1:14,172 | 2,872 |
| Monaco | 7 | 1:5,295 | 668 |
| Algeria | 6 | 1:6,438,592 | 53,709 |
| Hong Kong | 6 | 1:1,222,580 | 5,222 |
| Poland | 6 | 1:6,334,792 | 156,558 |
| Belarus | 5 | 1:1,900,212 | 97,012 |
| Bolivia | 5 | 1:2,123,287 | 6,830 |
| Malaysia | 5 | 1:5,898,845 | 196,803 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Finland | 4 | 1:1,374,176 | 50,379 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Laos | 4 | 1:1,647,081 | 888 |
| Libya | 4 | 1:1,560,994 | 3,087 |
| Portugal | 4 | 1:2,604,560 | 16,079 |
| Costa Rica | 3 | 1:1,593,356 | 8,177 |
| Ecuador | 3 | 1:5,301,949 | 30,184 |
| Luxembourg | 3 | 1:193,514 | 7,046 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| Colombia | 2 | 1:23,887,036 | 32,612 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Romania | 2 | 1:10,038,935 | 80,612 |
| Turkey | 2 | 1:38,910,711 | 171,901 |
| Ukraine | 2 | 1:22,761,348 | 425,733 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Cuba | 1 | 1:11,522,716 | 17,380 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| El Salvador | 1 | 1:6,343,888 | 8,415 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1:8,816,442 | 9,272 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Isle of Man | 1 | 1:85,822 | 4,091 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| North Macedonia | 1 | 1:2,101,472 | 31,546 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 5 | 1:4,875,074 | 116,529 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 28 | 1:1,793,524 | 92,026 |
Ferrara (628) may also be a first name.
Ferrara Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(Italian) One who came from Ferrara, (Forum Allieni), a province in Italy.
User-submitted Reference
The Italian name means 'one who works with iron'. The fe in the name is the symbol for 'iron' on the Periodic Table of Elements. Ferrara is also the name of a city in Northern Italy.
- cferrara19Ferrara Demographics
Average Ferrara Salary in
United States
$51,217 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Ferrara Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ferrara Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ferrara (Arabic: فرارّا, Russian: Феррара) is most common in Italy. It can appear as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ferrara? popularity and diffusion
It is the 6,174th most widely held surname world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 79,513 people. It is mostly found in Europe, where 71 percent of Ferrara reside; 66 percent reside in Southwestern Europe and 66 percent reside in Italic Europe. Ferrara is also the 332,375th most frequently occurring given name on earth, held by 628 people.
This last name is most frequent in Italy, where it is borne by 60,317 people, or 1 in 1,014. In Italy it is most numerous in: Campania, where 37 percent are found, Sicily, where 17 percent are found and Apulia, where 8 percent are found. Without taking into account Italy Ferrara is found in 98 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 21 percent are found and Argentina, where 3 percent are found.
Ferrara Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Ferrara has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Ferrara surname increased 69,525 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 8,500 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Ferrara Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Ferrara last name are 1.82% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 51.41% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Ferrara earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 12.73% more than the national average, earning €33,853 per year; in Peru they earn 261.64% more than the national average, earning S/. 70,103 per year; in South Africa they earn 45.13% more than the national average, earning R 344,880 per year; in Colombia they earn 35.09% more than the national average, earning $30,667,900 COP per year; in United States they earn 18.7% more than the national average, earning $51,217 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.25% more than the national average, earning $52,790 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ferrara Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ferrara in the Russian language | ||
| Феррара | ferrara | - |
| Ferrara in the Arabic language | ||
| فرارّا | frara | - |
| فيرارا | fyrara | - |
| فرارا | frara | - |
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Ferrara Reference & Research
Ferreira FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
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- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Ferrara
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