Ferber is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Ferber
No. of characters: 6
Origin: United States
Meaning: Worn in Alsace-Lorraine, is a variant of the German Färber, which designates a dyer (Middle High German verwaere).

How popular is Ferber?

Ferber is common in United States.

Ferber is ranked 43043 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Ferber bearers increased by 0.7386888 per cent in 2010 US census to 2182 since 2000, the surname slipped by 874 spots and ranked at 13850. The last name was found in around 7 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 93.45 95.75
Hispanic or Latino 3.16 2.4
Others 1.65 0.69
Black 0.78 0.42
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.6 0.51
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.37 0.23
Ferber is quite popular family name mostly used in Germany while Israel is ahead in terms of density. Around 11265 people have been found who wears Ferber as their family name. Ferber is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
83,734 Belarus9
59,967 Moldova4
35,969 Denmark2
9,272 Ecuador2
24,766 Scotland2
40,256 Mexico2
18,625 Japan2
19,046 Ireland2
54,135 Philippines2
82,478 South Africa2
34,681 Norway2
62,864 New Zealand1
1,704,541 India1
16,228 Bulgaria1
34,581 Chile1
32,942 Uzbekistan1
9,926 Ivory Coast1
2,309 Monaco1
42,479 Greece1
9,591 Panama1
21,562 Portugal1
36,814 Romania1
25,746 Finland1
880 Djibouti1
31,584 Peru1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
1,273 Luxembourg46
43,851 Netherlands44
86,938 Spain14
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
9,526 Croatia78
22,440 Belgium74
14,205 Sweden65
75,728 Ukraine60
Countries with hundreds of Ferber:
1,502 Israel742
12,921 France723
28,225 Brazil429
44,827 Russia323
24,102 Poland239
12,469 Kazakhstan215
17,294 Canada211
25,062 Argentina209
24,611 England199
2,490 Uruguay196
6,581 Switzerland180
9,948 Austria131
8,668 Hungary131
22,464 Australia110
Countries with thousands of Ferber:
2,286 Germany3,665
11,430 United States3,136
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Comments

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Stephine Bassett
 Ferber is a nickname the origin of this name is Alsatian its etymology comes from farbe: dye refers to the dry cleaner.

Ferber Namesakes

    Edna Ferber, American novelist and story writer who wrote about life in the Midwest
  • Abby Ferber, Author
  • Dirk Ferber, Musical Artist
  • Tzvi Hirsch Ferber, Rabbi
  • Edna Ferber, Novelist
  • Felicitas Ferber, Film actress
  • Edna Ferber, Novelist
  • Gustave Ferbert, Football head coach
  • Jaclyn Ferber, Actor
  • Ludmila Ferber, Singer
  • Marieta Ferber, Film Art Director

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