Ferus Surname
Approximately 828 people bear this surname
Ferus Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 353 | 1:153,478 | 17,355 |
| United States | 183 | 1:1,980,650 | 127,499 |
| Czechia | 84 | 1:126,589 | 20,289 |
| Haiti | 69 | 1:154,839 | 6,504 |
| Austria | 23 | 1:370,236 | 39,193 |
| France | 21 | 1:3,162,987 | 209,042 |
| Canada | 19 | 1:1,939,242 | 123,675 |
| Switzerland | 15 | 1:547,528 | 38,365 |
| Slovakia | 11 | 1:485,132 | 57,527 |
| Poland | 10 | 1:3,800,875 | 132,137 |
| Germany | 5 | 1:16,101,092 | 397,699 |
| Israel | 4 | 1:2,139,408 | 95,907 |
| North Macedonia | 4 | 1:525,368 | 20,918 |
| Russia | 4 | 1:36,030,764 | 577,589 |
| Ukraine | 3 | 1:15,174,232 | 372,501 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 18 | 1:246,104 | 10,726 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 10 | 1:2,437,537 | 68,340 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:3,743,216 | 32,299 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 26 | 1:1,931,488 | 97,398 |
The alternate forms: Feruś (425) & Férus (2) are calculated separately.
Ferus (136) may also be a first name.
Ferus Demographics
Ferus Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Ferus Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ferus Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ferus (Hindi: फेरुस्, Russian: Ферус) is held by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms: Feruś or Férus. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ferus? popularity and diffusion
The surname Ferus is the 419,303rd most commonly held last name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 8,801,384 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 43 percent of Ferus live; 43 percent live in Southern Africa and 43 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 794,286th most commonly used first name worldwide. It is borne by 136 people.
This last name is most commonly used in South Africa, where it is held by 353 people, or 1 in 153,478. In South Africa Ferus is primarily concentrated in: Western Cape, where 72 percent live, Northern Cape, where 17 percent live and Gauteng, where 6 percent live. Apart from South Africa this surname occurs in 31 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 22 percent live and Czechia, where 10 percent live.
Ferus Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Ferus has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Ferus surname rose 704 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it contracted 80 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Ferus Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the last name is principally Catholic (100%) in Ireland.
In The United States those bearing the Ferus last name are 13.57% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 60.34% registered with the party.
The amount Ferus earn in different countries varies significantly. In South Africa they earn 22.31% less than the national average, earning R 184,632 per year; in United States they earn 4.72% more than the national average, earning $45,187 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.81% less than the national average, earning $47,792 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ferus Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ferus in the Hindi language | ||
| फेरुस् | pherus | - |
| Ferus in the Russian language | ||
| Ферус | ferus | - |
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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
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- 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 Ferus
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