Ferro
See also: ferro
English edit
Etymology edit
- 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 edit
Ferro (plural Ferros)
- A surname.
- El Hierro, the smallest island in the Canary Islands.
Derived terms edit
Statistics edit
- 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 edit
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Ferro”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 568.
Anagrams edit
Galician edit
Etymology edit
From ferro (“iron”).
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Ferro m
- a surname
References edit
- “Ferro” in Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo / Xulio Sousa Fernández (dirs.): Cartografía dos apelidos de Galicia. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
- “Ferro” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
Italian edit
Etymology edit
From the noun ferro (“iron”)
Proper noun edit
Ferro m or f by sense
- a surname