Ferrer is a common

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, ranked 35th in

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and was listed as 1,648th most common surname in the world.

Origin

Ferrer is a

popular in the

language of Spain.Fr. S.M.Hoga
"Saint Vincent Ferrer, O.P."
. Longmans, Green and Co, London: 1911. Pp. 1–2 Ferrer is an occupational surname for a blacksmith or ironworker as described by The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland- derived from the Latin word ''ferrum'' or ''ferrarius'' meaning iron'','' via the Catalan ''ferro'', and thus shares a common occupational derivation with the most common English surname,

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. It is recorded in almost every country in Europe in the appropriate spelling, hence making it international in origin. It is one of the most common Catalan surnames, ranked 35th in

. The surname Ferrer is a Spanish variant of the surnames '' Farrar'' , which is a variant of the occupational name Ferror/Ferrour, Anglo Norman Ferrur, Ferrier, Ferrers, and de Ferrers. According to Public Profiler, the surname Ferrer came to England from Spain The English surname ''Ferrers'' is originally

Norman Norman or Normans may refer to: Ethnic and cultural identity * The Normans, a people partly descended from Norse Vikings who settled in the territory of Normandy in France in the 10th and 11th centuries ** People or things connected with the Norm ...

and unlike ''Ferrer'' or ''Farrar'' it is a locational name. See for instance, the lineage of the

Baron Ferrers of Groby Baron Ferrers of Groby (or Baron Ferrers de Groby) was a title in the Peerage of England. It was created by writ on 29 December 1299 when William Ferrers, 1st Baron Ferrers of Groby was summoned to parliament. He was the son of Sir William de Fer ...

, deriving, in this instance, from the place name

Ferrières-Saint-Hilaire Ferrières-Saint-Hilaire () is a commune in the Eure department in the Normandy region in northern France. Population Personalities * Henry de Ferrers's family came from here before he joined William the conqueror to invade England. Henry was ...

, Walchelin de Ferrières (de Ferrers) who arrived in

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with

William the Conqueror William I; ang, WillelmI (Bates ''William the Conqueror'' p. 33– 9 September 1087), usually known as William the Conqueror and sometimes William the Bastard, was the first House of Normandy, Norman List of English monarchs#House of Norman ...

. The Ferrers family held the earldom of Derby and although the main line died out, some descendants in England still bear the name. The name ''Ferrer'' has been identified in the court records of Aragon and by the Holy Office of the Catholic Church of Spain as a Sephardic (Jewish) surname. It would appear that there are at least two branches of the same family in Spain (one Jewish, one Catholic) or two separate families with the same name. The Ferrer YDNA surname project has only two males surnamed Ferrer and both belong to haplogroup R-M269 (

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(ISOGG) R1b1b2), known as the Western Atlantic Modal and the most common haplogroup in the western Atlantic region of Europe and the British Isles. One of the two has tested to basal SNP's to subclade R-372, which is a subclade of U106 and has most matches in Scandinavia. In the

Philippines The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Republika ng Pilipinas, links=no), * bik, Republika kan Filipinas * ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas * cbk, República de Filipinas * hil, Republ ...

, the first recorded surname of Ferrer dates to 1824, in Pangasinan.

Analysis

Great Britain

Statistically, it is a very uncommon surname in Great Britain. In the 1881 census there are 83 Ferrers recorded, with an average of 3 occurrences per million surnames. Also in 1881, it was ranked as the 19,011th most common surname. In the 1996 electoral register 185 Ferrers were recorded, with an average of 5 occurrences per million surnames, while it was ranked as the 17,724th most common surname.Names Public Profiler
Retrieved 2019-02-31 Distribution: in 1881 the

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postal area had the highest rate of occurrences of ''Ferrer'' per million surnames. By 1998 the highest postal area per million was East Central London.

Ethnicity of forenames of people bearing the surname Ferrer in Great Britain

Source:Public Profiler World Names website.

Comparison between Great Britain and the World (per million occurrences of the surname)

Source: Public Profiler World Names website.

Australia

In 2002

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was the state or territory with the highest rate of the surname per million people, with a rate of 681% of the Australian average.

Catalonia

According to IDESCAT, the Institute of Statistics of

, there were 15,850 persons with Ferrer as a first surname as of 1 January 2007, out of a population of 7,204,000, which means 0.22% of the population. This makes Ferrer the 35th most common surname in Catalonia.

New Zealand

In 2002

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was the

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with the highest rate of the surname per million people, with a rate of 434% of the national average.

Philippines

As per the data collected by genealogy portal Forebears in 2014, there are approximately 98,478

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bearing the surname and

Ilocos region Ilocos Region ( ilo, Rehion/Deppaar ti Ilocos; pag, Sagor na Baybay na Luzon/Rehiyon Uno; tl, Rehiyon ng Ilocos) is an administrative region of the Philippines, designated as Region I, occupying the northwestern section of Luzon and part of ...

has the highest rate of the surname with a frequency of 1:212

United States

In 1990

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was the

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with the highest rate of the surname per million people, with a rate of 414% of the national average.

Footnotes

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