Ferrin surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Ferrin surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,896 people carried this name — #10,983 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 102,000 people counted. That is up 10% from 2,641 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 582 people named Ferrin 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 map

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 349
City of Buenos Aires 113
Chubut 39
Córdoba 33
Tucumán 23
Santa Fe 15
Santiago del Estero 10

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 56 people named Ferrin.

8 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 12 départements, most often Aube.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Born outside France 8
Aube 19
Drôme 7
Rhône 4
Bouches-du-Rhône 4
Gironde 3
Vaucluse 3
Marne 2
Vosges 2

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

24 people named Ferrin live in Switzerland.

They live in 3 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Valais.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Valais 14
Geneva 5
Vaud 5

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.

When the index is not enough

This page says where Ferrin is.
A volume says what happened to it.

Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.

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