The Ferraro surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 12,355 people carried this name — #2,903 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 23,900 people counted. That is up 2% from 12,090 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Ferraro surname
A surname originating as an occupation.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Ferraro» (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 6,221 people named Ferraro 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 Switzerland’s population statistics
661 people named Ferraro live in Switzerland.
They live in 19 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/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 579 people named Ferraro.
266 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 41 départements, most often Var.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 182 people named Ferraro 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 Hainaut.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
43 people named Ferraro is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
In print
Ferraro in American newspapers,
1900–1947.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 7,046 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Ferraro,
with a public archive behind them.
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Pietro Ferraro 1908–1974 · entrepreneur -
Héctor Ferraro 1910–1954 · actor -
Pier Miranda Ferraro 1924–2008 · businessperson
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John Ferraro 1924–2001 · politician -
Carmelo Ferraro 1932– · Catholic priest
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 225 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Ferraro.
- 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
- Ferraris 573 · U.S. census
- Ferras 152 · U.S. census
- Ferrato 203 · U.S. census
- Ferraz 645 · U.S. census
- Ferrazzi 100 · U.S. census
- Ferre 826 · U.S. census
- Ferreira 27,898 · U.S. census
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