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

The Ferro surname

In the 2000 U.S. Census, 6,872 people carried this name — #4,719 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 39,200 people counted.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 585 people named Ferro.

243 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 43 départements, most often Bouches-du-Rhône.

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Where they were born

Born outside France 243
Bouches-du-Rhône 45
Alpes-Maritimes 36
Var 31
Rhône 26
Isère 24
Paris 16
Yvelines 16
Meurthe-et-Moselle 16

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

442 people named Ferro live in Switzerland.

They live in 17 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.

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Where they live today

Vaud 72
Geneva 70
Zurich 62
Ticino 57
Aargau 36
Valais 26
Bern 19
Solothurn 17

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 207 people named Ferro 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.

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Where they live today

Hainaut 107
Liège 47
Limburg 17
Flemish Brabant 16
Brussels-Capital 7
Luxembourg Province 7
Walloon Brabant 6

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

In print

Ferro in American newspapers,
1909–1957.

Newspaper page from The St. Mary Banner carrying the name Ferro
The St. Mary Banner 1909-10-30
Newspaper page from Great Falls Daily Tribune carrying the name Ferro
Great Falls Daily Tribune 1919-04-19
Newspaper page from The Sea Coast Echo carrying the name Ferro
The Sea Coast Echo 1920-06-26

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 74,524 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Ferro,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Emanuele Ferro
    Emanuele Ferro 1886–1915 · soldier
  • António Ferro
    António Ferro 1895–1956 · writer
  • Giovanni Ferro
    Giovanni Ferro 1901–1992 · Catholic priest
  • Giuseppe Ferro
    Giuseppe Ferro 1901–1978 · entrepreneur
  • Xesús Ferro Couselo
    Xesús Ferro Couselo 1906–1975 · politician

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 217 lives in all are documented under this name.

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