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The Ferrer surname

In the 2000 U.S. Census, 13,010 people carried this name — #2,556 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 20,700 people counted.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 3,163 people named Ferrer.

1,317 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 73 départements, most often Pyrénées-Orientales.

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Where they were born

Born outside France 1,317
Pyrénées-Orientales 416
Essonne 169
Hérault 137
Bouches-du-Rhône 116
Hauts-de-Seine 113
Aude 91
Pyrénées-Atlantiques 78
Paris 76

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

259 people named Ferrer live in Switzerland.

They live in 15 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.

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Where they live today

Vaud 64
Zurich 62
Geneva 42
Bern 22
Valais 14
Aargau 14
Fribourg 8
Zug 6

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 print

Ferrer in American newspapers,
1895–1938.

Newspaper page from The San Francisco Call carrying the name Ferrer
The San Francisco Call 1895-11-16
Newspaper page from The Commoner carrying the name Ferrer
The Commoner 1909-10-22
Newspaper page from The Daily Inter-Mountain carrying the name Ferrer
The Daily Inter-Mountain 1910-10-13

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 28,987 pages in all carry the name.

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