Ferrand is used as a family name or surname in Italy, France, England. It is 7 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Ferrand
No. of characters: 7
Origin: Italy, France, England
Meaning:

"Imported at a very early period into the deanery of Craven, in Yorkshire, from Normandy, where it is still to be met with. From seems to be no ground for such distinction. William de Fortibus, earl of Albemarle, Hugh Ferrand, in the XIII. century had a deed of grant to himself and his heirs of the office of Warder of Skipton castle." B.L.G.

Is a form of Fearon. Feron, anciently Le Feron. Le Feyron, (Hundred Rolls) A name still well known in Normandy: derived by M. de Gerville from the same source as Ferrier-viz., from fer, ferrum—a worker in iron. There are horse-shoes in the arms of one family of this name.

Lastname Ferrand is form of Farand. See Farrant - The English form of Ferdinandus, Spanish Fernandez, Italian Ferando, Old French Ferant

In Lincolnshire farrand means deep, cunning.

Descendant of Ferrand, a contraction of Ferdinand meaning "journey, venture"; one who had iron-gray, or graying, hair.

How popular is Ferrand?

Ferrand is common in France, Dominican Republic, United States, Argentina, French Polynesia, England, Canada, Peru, Spain.

Ferrand is ranked 24097 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Ferrands plummeted by 5.08 per cent to 691 since 2000 and slipped by 2797 spots and ranked at 33121. The last name was found in around 2 per million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 54.99 61.4
Hispanic or Latino 23.73 19.09
Black 18.09 16.21
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 1.74 0
Ferrand is quite popular family name mostly used in France while French Polynesia is ahead in terms of density. Around 22458 people have been found who wears Ferrand as their family name. Ferrand is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with ten thousands of Ferrand:
260 France18,667
Countries with thousands of Ferrand:
774 Dominican Republic1,163
31,844 United States1,017
Countries with hundreds of Ferrand:
16,241 Argentina219
211 French Polynesia209
21,171 England208
27,374 Canada125
10,785 Peru116
23,540 Spain104
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
23,333 Belgium67
5,844 Uruguay65
8,852 Chile57
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
13,667 New Zealand44
228,660 Thailand38
18,575 Switzerland38
10,086 Portugal38
55,860 Australia29
27,489 Mexico28
154,763 Germany23
115,816 Iran17
246,361 Brazil17
1,336 Jersey15
16,126 Ecuador13
18,211 Singapore13
8,683 Northern Ireland11
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
20,332 Scotland10
94,797 Netherlands7
21,198 Wales7
80,919 Austria7
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Patrick Ferrand worked as workman and hailed from Ireland. During the great famine, 21 years old embarked for New-York from Liverpool on Shenandoah and arrived on March 27, 1846. Mary Ferrand, Eliza Ferrand (14), are other Ferrand that migrated to US.

From Germany

C. Ferrand was 18 years old when he migrated to New-Orleans on November 25, 1850. He lived in Germany where he worked as druggist and took Calcutta from Bremen. Butcher Jean Ferrand, Farmer Francois Ferrand, Abel Ferrand (30) Farmer, 55 years old Martin Ferrand, M. Ferrand (48), 21 years old Alvine Ferrand, 11 years old Andreas Ferrand, Augenie Ferrand, Bertholde Ferrand, aged 50, and 7 other Ferrand majority of whom were farmer and others worked as cook migrated to US from Hamburg, Havana, Havre & Santander and Antwerp.

Ferrand Namesakes

  • Antoine-François-Claude Ferrand, French statesman and political writer, was

Ferrand Namesakes

  • Antoine-François-Claude Ferrand, French statesman and political writer, was

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