Ferdinand is used as a family name or surname in Spain, Portugal, Germany. It is 9 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Ferdinand
No. of characters: 9
Origin: Spain, Portugal, Germany
Meaning:

Descendant of Ferdinand meaning "journey, venture".

How popular is Ferdinand?

Ferdinand is common in Chad, Haiti, Burundi, Tanzania, United States, Germany, France, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Nigeria, Ethiopia, DR Congo, England, Saint Lucia, Cameroon, Togo, Ghana, Canada, Trinidad and Tobago, Mauritius, Australia, Namibia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Russia, Belgium, Denmark, Malaysia, Brazil, Guyana.

Ferdinand is ranked 7766 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Ferdinands grew by 19.5 per cent to 2690 since 2000 and ranked 11653 after elevating 963 spots. The last name was found in around 9 per million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
Black 54.28 46.47
White 35.32 43.67
Hispanic or Latino 6.1 4.44
Others 2.27 4.09
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 1.78 0.98
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.26 0.36
Ferdinand is quite popular family name mostly used in Chad however Saint Lucia lie ahead in terms of density. Around 73175 people have been found who wears Ferdinand as their family name. Ferdinand is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with ten thousands of Ferdinand:
71 Chad23,878
150 Haiti10,493
Countries with thousands of Ferdinand:
317 Burundi8,774
785 Tanzania8,719
11,832 United States3,352
4,332 Germany2,449
3,758 France2,154
1,474 Sri Lanka2,047
8,542 Indonesia1,638
8,629 Nigeria1,331
7,282 Ethiopia1,288
Countries with hundreds of Ferdinand:
13,192 DR Congo609
10,119 England588
52 Saint Lucia545
5,107 Cameroon544
5,159 Togo420
6,785 Ghana416
10,282 Canada391
708 Trinidad and Tobago317
1,084 Mauritius240
13,906 Australia212
2,690 Namibia164
155 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines161
74,283 Russia152
13,247 Belgium136
4,907 Denmark120
13,930 Malaysia120
62,144 Brazil110
1,154 Guyana109
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
4,466 Dominican Republic100
9,899 Ivory Coast93
27,376 Netherlands86
181,432 India85
28,796 Kenya73
25,901 Romania71
540 Barbados67
5,918 Uruguay64
337 United States Virgin Islands55
19,507 Slovakia52
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
3,102 Suriname45
305 Dominica41
74,222 South Africa39
22,042 Israel36
1,449 Rwanda36
17,423 United Arab Emirates36
38,544 Czechia35
9,168 Scotland34
142,207 Philippines33
514 Micronesia32
32,444 Austria30
14,668 Chile29
14,967 Kuwait29
4,684 Panama28
12,265 Portugal28
9,043 Qatar28
329 Saint Kitts and Nevis28
18,432 New Zealand27
58 Central African Republic25
2,355 Madagascar25
19,453 Venezuela21
5,436 Jamaica17
13,856 Singapore17
61,567 Spain17
119,068 Iran16
774 Antigua and Barbuda15
363,835 Thailand14
59,297 Belarus13
66,831 Sweden11
49,719 Switzerland11
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
835 Grenada10
8,246 Tunisia9
43,750 Niger8
10,125 China7
53,861 Mexico6
118,663 Papua New Guinea6
23,171 Wales6
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Immigrants to US

From Italy

Gatale Ferdinand was 27 years old when he migrated to USA on April 6, 1882. He lived in Italy where he worked as laborer and took Helvetia from Liverpool & Queenstown. 20 years old Molinora Ferdinand, Laborer Nesi Ferdinand, are other Ferdinand that migrated to US from Liverpool & Queenstown, Genoa and Leghorn & Naples.

From Germany

22 years old merchant Anton Ferdinand who was residing in Germany migrated to Michigan on August 10, 1852 by Jason put out from Bremen. Gertrude Ferdinand (30), Karl Ferdinand, Laborer M. Ferdinand, Leop. Ferdinand (29), Therese Ferdinand (2) Farmer, Marie Ferdinand (9) Farmer, 28 years old Emanuel Ferdinand, Emma Ferdinand, and 68 other Ferdinand around 36.54% of whom were laborer while others worked as farmer and glover migrated to US from London, Hamburg, Antwerp and Havre.

Ferdinand Namesakes

  • Philip Ferdinand, English Hebraist
  • Rio Ferdinand, English former professional footballer
  • Les Ferdinand, English former footballer and current football coach and Director of Football at his former club Queens Park Rangers
  • Anton Ferdinand, English footballer

Ferdinand Namesakes

  • Philip Ferdinand, English Hebraist
  • Rio Ferdinand, English former professional footballer
  • Les Ferdinand, English former footballer and current football coach and Director of Football at his former club Queens Park Rangers
  • Anton Ferdinand, English footballer

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