The Ferri surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 3,005 people carried this name — #9,902 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 90,100 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 752 people named Ferri.
235 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 57 départements, most often Paris.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
297 people named Ferri live in Switzerland.
They live in 15 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 71 people named Ferri 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
Ferri in American newspapers,
1902–1955.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 326,820 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Ferri,
with a public archive behind them.
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Baldassare Ferri 1610–1680 · actor -
Ciro Ferri 1633–1689 · architect -
Enrico Ferri 1856–1929 · politician -
Domenico Ferri 1857–1940 · painter -
Mario Ferri 1875–1941 · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 203 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Ferri.
- Ferrero 1,814 · U.S. census
- Ferres 169 · U.S. census
- Ferret 115 · U.S. census
- Ferrette 125 · U.S. census
- Ferretti 2,740 · U.S. census
- Ferrey 169 · U.S. census
- Ferrie 896 · U.S. census
- Ferrier 3,334 · U.S. census
- Ferriere 106 · U.S. census
- Ferries 226 · U.S. census
- Ferrigno 1,564 · U.S. census
- Ferrin 2,641 · U.S. census
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