The Ferranti surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,472 people carried this name — #18,676 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 200,000 people counted. That is up 6% from 1,383 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Ferranti surname
A surname originating as a patronymic.
From the personal name Ferrante.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Ferranti» (Italian), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 303 people named Ferranti 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 Córdoba.
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 114 people named Ferranti.
29 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 22 départements, most often Bouches-du-Rhône.
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
39 people named Ferranti live in Switzerland.
They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
Who carried it
People named Ferranti,
with a public archive behind them.
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Callisto Ferranti 1588–1653 · printer
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Pier Francesco Ferranti 1613–1676 · painter
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Filippo Ferranti 1778–1900 · engineer
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Filippo Ferranti 1778–1838 · engineer
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Filippo Ferranti 1801–1900 · engineer
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Filippo Ferranti 1801–1838 · engineer
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Ferranti.
- 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
- Ferrante 6,532 · 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
- Ferrario 479 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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