Ferretti Surname

12,299th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 45,657 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Italy
Highest density in:
Italy

Ferretti Surname User-submission:

This surname comes from the Italian for 'iron' (ferro). Roughly translated into English, the surname means 'smith'.

Ferretti Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Italy33,0381:1,851107
United States4,0511:89,47410,065
Brazil2,6271:81,4903,055
Argentina2,5071:17,0501,483
France9981:66,5569,180
Switzerland5321:15,4382,539
Ecuador2341:67,9745,335
Belgium2231:51,5548,431
Canada2071:177,99817,780
Chile2061:85,5173,343
England1591:350,42825,285
Venezuela931:324,7757,266
Australia901:299,95226,269
Dominican Republic851:122,7405,063
Spain811:577,18627,381
Uruguay771:44,5685,026
Germany641:1,257,89880,532
Nicaragua621:97,1141,862
Peru451:706,31416,453
Mexico281:4,433,07927,489
Thailand241:2,943,264289,518
New Zealand241:188,68019,801
Ireland211:224,2358,707
Romania201:1,003,89452,576
Scotland171:314,93014,413
Russia111:13,102,096377,010
Netherlands101:1,688,71881,846
Austria101:851,54467,454
Sweden101:984,67673,605
Czechia91:1,181,49785,740
Estonia81:165,22626,217
Costa Rica61:796,6785,462
Hong Kong61:1,222,5805,222
Denmark61:940,78647,603
South Africa61:9,029,617189,736
Norway51:1,028,45761,363
Poland41:9,502,187181,606
Slovakia41:1,334,11294,300
Tunisia41:152,65617,743
Malta41:107,5681,849
China41:341,830,39216,990
Monaco31:12,3552,088
Paraguay31:2,412,24913,111
Colombia31:15,924,69128,711
Moldova21:1,780,68455,103
Maldives21:202,0864,973
Luxembourg21:290,2718,611
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Tajikistan11:8,386,69212,859
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Albania11:2,914,05529,474
Aruba11:103,4772,586
Bolivia11:10,616,43417,077
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Cape Verde11:529,6426,792
Congo11:4,989,09634,171
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland21:1,871,60827,884
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States241:2,092,445103,667

Ferretti (686) may also be a first name.

Ferretti Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

This surname comes from the Italian for 'iron' (ferro). Roughly translated into English, the surname means 'smith'.

- elenaferretti

Ferretti Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Ferretti Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Ferretti (Russian: Ферретти) is found most in Italy. It can also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ferretti? popularity and diffusion

The last name Ferretti is the 12,299th most frequent last name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 159,615 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 77 percent of Ferretti reside; 73 percent reside in Southwestern Europe and 73 percent reside in Italic Europe. It is also the 315,870th most frequently held given name world-wide, held by 686 people.

The surname Ferretti is most widely held in Italy, where it is borne by 33,038 people, or 1 in 1,851. In Italy Ferretti is most common in: Emilia-Romagna, where 26 percent reside, Lazio, where 15 percent reside and Tuscany, where 14 percent reside. Not including Italy Ferretti occurs in 67 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 9 percent reside and Brazil, where 6 percent reside.

Ferretti Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Ferretti has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Ferretti last name rose 16,879 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in Scotland it rose 850 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Ferretti Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Ferretti surname are 9.11% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 62.34% registered with the party.

The amount Ferretti earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 15.25% less than the national average, earning €25,451 per year; in Peru they earn 41.45% more than the national average, earning S/. 27,421 per year; in South Africa they earn 57.54% less than the national average, earning R 100,896 per year; in United States they earn 12.81% more than the national average, earning $48,676 USD per year and in Canada they earn 17.85% more than the national average, earning $58,550 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Ferretti Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Ferretti in the Russian language
Ферреттиferretti-

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