The Ferrera surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,133 people carried this name — #10,287 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 94,300 people counted. That is up 23% from 2,546 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 596 people named Ferrera 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 122 people named Ferrera.
Most of them — 66 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 16 départements, most often Paris.
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
32 people named Ferrera live in Switzerland.
They live in 6 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.
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 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Ferrera.
- 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
- Ferrer 17,057 · U.S. census
- Ferreri 1,352 · U.S. census
- Ferrero 2,013 · U.S. census
- Ferres 157 · U.S. census
- Ferret 119 · U.S. census
- Ferrette 114 · U.S. census
- Ferretti 2,916 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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