The Ferron surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,799 people carried this name — #16,098 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 163,900 people counted. That is up 2% from 1,764 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 2,301 people named Ferron.
57 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 63 départements, most often Ille-et-Vilaine.
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 Argentina’s national register
At least 434 people named Ferron 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 Switzerland’s population statistics
23 people named Ferron live in Switzerland.
They live in 4 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Fribourg.
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/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In print
Ferron in American newspapers,
1913–1928.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 7,224 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Ferron,
with a public archive behind them.
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Jules-Basile Ferron de La Ferronays 1735–1799 · bishop -
Auguste, comte de La Ferronays 1777–1842 · military personnel -
Théophile Ferron 1830–1894 · military personnel -
Eugène Ferron 1840–1903 · engineer -
Henri Marie Auguste Ferron de la Ferronnays 1842–1907 · military personnel -
John Matthew Ferron d. 1945 · soldier
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Ferron.
- Ferries 233 · U.S. census
- Ferrigno 1,590 · U.S. census
- Ferrin 2,896 · U.S. census
- Ferrini 489 · U.S. census
- Ferris 20,703 · U.S. census
- Ferro 7,273 · U.S. census
- Ferroni 311 · U.S. census
- Ferrucci 1,038 · U.S. census
- Ferry 10,312 · U.S. census
- Ferstler 120 · U.S. census
- Fertel 198 · U.S. census
- Fertig 1,702 · U.S. census
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