Ferro
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See also: ferro
English
Etymology
- As an Italian, Spanish (occasionally Sephardic Jewish), Portuguese, Maltese, Galician surname, all from the noun ferro (“iron”).
- As an English surname, variant of Farrar.
Proper noun
Ferro (plural Ferros)
- A surname.
- El Hierro, the smallest island in the Canary Islands.
Derived terms
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Ferro is the 4843rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 7273 individuals. Ferro is most common among White (75.99%) and Hispanic/Latino (21.04%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Ferro”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 568.
Anagrams
Galician
Etymology
From ferro (“iron”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Ferro m
- a surname
References
- “Ferro” in Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo / Xulio Sousa Fernández (dirs.): Cartografía dos apelidos de Galicia. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “Ferro”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
Italian
Etymology
From the noun ferro (“iron”)
Proper noun
Ferro m or f by sense
- a surname