The Ferrante surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 6,532 people carried this name — #5,333 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 45,200 people counted. That is up 3% from 6,355 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 1,521 people named Ferrante live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 440 people named Ferrante.
Most of them — 308 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 27 départements, most often Isère.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
212 people named Ferrante live in Switzerland.
They live in 16 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Ticino.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 134 people named Ferrante live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Liège.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Ferrante in American newspapers,
1914–1916.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.
Who carried it
People named Ferrante,
with a public archive behind them.
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Orlando Ferrante 1932– · American football player -
Giovanni Ferrante 1940–2012 · politician -
Ugo Ferrante 1945–2004 · association football player -
Jeanne Ferrante 1949– · engineer -
Roberto Ferrante 1965– · composer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 94 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Ferrante.
- Ferra 898 · U.S. census
- Ferracci 106 · U.S. census
- Ferran 929 · U.S. census
- Ferrand 691 · U.S. census
- Ferrando 714 · U.S. census
- Ferrant 121 · U.S. census
- Ferranti 1,472 · U.S. census
- Ferrara 13,669 · U.S. census
- Ferrare 227 · U.S. census
- Ferrarese 190 · U.S. census
- Ferrari 8,141 · U.S. census
- Ferrarini 268 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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