Ferreiro

See also: ferreiro

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Galician and Portuguese Ferreiro.

Proper noun

Ferreiro (plural Ferreiros)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Ferreiro is the 37229^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 599 individuals. Ferreiro is most common among Hispanic/Latino (84.97%) and White (13.86%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Ferreiro”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 567.

Galician

Etymology

From ferreiro (“smith”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /feˈrejɾo̝/

Proper noun

Ferreiro m

1. a surname originating as an occupation

References

• "Ferreiro" in Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo / Xulio Sousa Fernández (dirs.): Cartografía dos apelidos de Galicia. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega. <http://ilg.usc.es/cag/>

Portuguese

Proper noun

Ferreiro m or f by sense

1. a surname originating as an occupation