The Ferland surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,277 people carried this name — #13,376 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 129,900 people counted. That is up 15% from 1,982 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Ferland surname
This surname is principally found among Quebecers and the French-Canadian diaspora.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Ferland» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 56 people named Ferland.
2 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 10 départements, most often Charente.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In print
Ferland in American newspapers,
1910–1923.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 1,986 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Ferland,
with a public archive behind them.
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Jean-Baptiste-Antoine Ferland 1805–1865 · teacher -
Albert Ferland 1872–1943 · photographer -
Léonide Ferland 1881–1920 · writer -
Charles-Édouard Ferland 1892–1974 · judge
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Madeleine Doyon-Ferland 1912–1978 · university teacher
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Barbara Ferland 1919–2003 · writer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Ferland.
- Ferdin 415 · U.S. census
- Ferdinand 2,690 · U.S. census
- Feret 370 · U.S. census
- Ferez 138 · U.S. census
- Ferger 401 · U.S. census
- Ferla 176 · U.S. census
- Ferlin 134 · U.S. census
- Fermin 5,057 · U.S. census
- Fernand 216 · U.S. census
- Fernandes 18,018 · U.S. census
- Fernandez 180,842 · U.S. census
- Fernando 5,596 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Ferland is.
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