Ferrari is used as a family name or surname in Portugal, Italy. It is 7 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Ferrari
No. of characters: 7
Origin: Portugal, Italy
Meaning:

The family name Ferrari is the variant of Phare. See Phaire - Fare, or Phair, is a Gaelic personal name, and Mac Fare is still found in the Highlands. The family were introduced into Ireland temp. Oliver Cromwell, by Colonel Robert Phayre.

Is the variant form of Phaire. Fare, or Phair, is a Gaelic personal name, and Mac Fare is still found in the Highlands. The family were introduced into Ireland temp. Oliver Cromwell, by Colonel Robert Phayre.

Family name is form of the Ferrers. Of Ferrieres; i.e., Forges or Iron-works in Normandy.

Ferrari is the variation of Herrera. The worker in iron, a smith.

A worker in metals, a smith.

Ferrari is the form of Ferrara. One who came from Ferrara, i.e., Forum Allienni, a province in Italy.

The family name is variation of Fair. The light-complexioned or handsome man; one who lived or worked at the fair or market.

Family name Ferrari is the variation of the Fair. Allusive to complexion. So the Latin Flavus, the French Blond, Blondel, etc., and the Italian Biondi, &c.
It is often found in composition with other words, in English family names, as will be seen below. Sometimes the epithet alludes to a personal peculiarity, as in Fairhead, Fairbeard, and sometimes to a local one, asin Fairford, Fairholm, Fairbank, Fairbridge, Fairburn.

A variant of the Ferrer. See Ferrers - The Itin. de la Norman gives nine places called Ferrière, and four called Ferrières, in Normandy, M. de Gerville considers the name to have some relation to the ancient iron-trade of that province, which is probable, but this very ancient and noble family were farriers is an absurd notion, originating probably in some heraldric and feudal allusions. Many of the numerous coat-armours assigned to the name contain horse-shoes, and at Oakham, the chief town of Rutlandshire, an ancient barony of the family, a custom prevails to this day of demanding a horse-shoe of every peer of the realm who passes through the town, or a composition in money. Henry de Ferieres, ancestor of the old Earls of Derby, was a tenant in capite under the Conqueror, and held enormous estates in many counties, his caput baroniæ being Tutbury, in Staffordshire. Collins. A tradition makes the original Ferrers Master of the Horse to the Conqueror. The following account is given in B.L.G., though no authority is cited. The family derive from Walchelin, a Norman, whose son Henry assumed the name of Ferriers, a small town of Gastinors in France, otherwise called Ferrières, from the iron-mines with which that country abounded.

How popular is Ferrari?

Ferrari is common in Italy, Brazil, Argentina, United States, France, Switzerland, Uruguay, England, Canada, Spain, Australia, Chile, Peru, Belgium, Paraguay, Germany, Portugal, Mexico, Egypt, Dominican Republic, Bolivia, Puerto Rico, Venezuela, Morocco, Austria, Honduras, Iran, Thailand, Saudi Arabia, Netherlands, Indonesia, Scotland.

Ferrari is ranked 1772 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Ferrari bearers increased by 4.92 per cent in 2010 US census to 8141 since 2000, the surname slipped by 134 spots and ranked at 4364. The last name was found in around 3 per hundred thousand population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 88.49 91.12
Hispanic or Latino 8.86 6.43
Others 1.11 1.31
Black 0.92 0.64
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.53 0.36
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1 0.13
Ferrari is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in Italy which signifies that it is originated from Italy. Around 309426 people have been found who wears Ferrari as their family name. Ferrari is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with hundred thousands of Ferrari:
3 Italy196,529
Countries with ten thousands of Ferrari:
354 Brazil46,964
240 Argentina23,646
3,664 United States12,265
Countries with thousands of Ferrari:
651 France8,890
221 Switzerland3,782
111 Uruguay3,385
5,291 England1,352
3,635 Canada1,347
3,673 Spain1,257
3,233 Australia1,144
Countries with hundreds of Ferrari:
1,344 Chile825
4,193 Peru650
2,972 Belgium596
657 Paraguay544
18,817 Germany510
1,625 Portugal425
6,847 Mexico405
16,276 Egypt397
1,634 Dominican Republic393
1,991 Bolivia376
496 Puerto Rico373
3,840 Venezuela280
22,036 Morocco273
5,100 Austria269
1,045 Honduras265
24,535 Iran205
68,124 Thailand182
29,524 Saudi Arabia159
17,471 Netherlands155
76,813 Indonesia125
4,357 Scotland106
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
7,231 Colombia89
46,403 South Africa88
9,401 Sweden74
8,217 Ecuador70
4,602 Ireland62
1,703 Luxembourg58
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
2,323 Angola49
13,070 New Zealand47
6,116 Wales44
274,051 India43
3,699 Panama41
9,657 Slovenia37
17,927 Croatia35
6,884 Singapore34
26 Monaco31
43,532 Czechia29
14,967 Kuwait29
566 Seychelles29
85,446 Poland26
18,480 Denmark24
5,605 Northern Ireland22
3,382 China22
3,514 New Caledonia21
293 San Marino21
12,771 Estonia19
5,298 Jamaica18
70,664 Malaysia17
184,366 Philippines16
84,075 Greece14
3,469 Nicaragua14
765 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines12
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
41,629 Norway10
5,469 Bahrain9
14,518 Ethiopia9
6,100 Guatemala9
2,946 Mozambique9
30,726 Qatar9
8,246 Tunisia9
47,042 Japan8
4,985 Hong Kong7
2,872 Jersey7
1,703 Saint Lucia7
25,178 Afghanistan6
18,466 Burkina Faso6
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Immigrants to US

From Italy

A. Ferrari worked as laborer and hailed from Italy. 21 years old embarked for New York from Messina & Naples on Trinacria and arrived on April 20, 1892. 23 years old A. Ferrari, A. Ferrari, aged 25, A. Ferrari, 32 years old A. Ferrari, 39 years old A. Ferrari, 18 years old Achille Ferrari, Laborer Achille Ferrari, Ad. Ferrari (2), 11 years old Ada Ferrari, and 743 other Ferrari around 36.08% of whom were laborer while others worked as farmer and coachman, miner, musician, peasant, cultivator, tailor, merchant, painter, journeyman, country man, mason, sailor, housewife, house maid, professor, servant, housekeeper, seamstress, valet, country woman, sculptor, bricklayer, day worker, butcher, dressmaker, shoemaker, student, blacksmith, artist, sawer, hatter migrated to US from Havre, Antwerp, Unknown and Naples.

From Germany

Farmer William Ferrari from Germany aboard the Elizabeth Denison from Antwerp. He is registered to be 27 years old when he arrived in Ohio on April 26, 1852. 27 years old Lewis Ferrari, Emelie Ferrari (40) Farmer, Ernest Ferrari, aged 10, Farmer Louise Ferrari, Domenico Ferrari, aged 28, 27 years old Luigi Ferrari, 21 years old Maria Ferrari, 21 years old Pietro Ferrari, and 42 other Ferrari around 54.76% of whom were farmer while others worked as laborer and merchant, joiner, cultivator, carpenter migrated to US from Liverpool, Havre and Havre & London.

Ferrari Namesakes

  • Alfredo Ferrari, Italian automotive engineer and the first son of automaker Enzo Ferrari
  • Dino Ferrari, Italian painter
  • Gaudenzio Ferrari, Northern Italian painter and sculptor of the Renaissance
  • Michele Ferrari, Italian physician, cycling coach and author
  • Benedetto Ferrari, Italian composer, particularly of opera
  • Larry Ferrari, American organist
  • Gregorio De Ferrari, Italian Baroque painter of the Genoese school
  • Orazio de Ferrari, Italian artist, active in the Baroque period,
  • Defendente Ferrari, Italian painter active in Piedmont
  • Luca Ferrari, Italian painter of the Baroque period
  • Giovanni Andrea de Ferrari, Italian painter of the Baroque period
  • Lorenzo De Ferrari, Italian painter of the Baroque period
  • Johann Angelo Ferrari, Austrian entomologist born in Italy
  • Lodovico Ferrari, Italian mathematician
  • Andrea Carlo Ferrari, Italian Roman Catholic prelate
  • Enzo Ferrari, Italian motor racing driver and entrepreneur
  • Luc Ferrari, French composer of Italian heritage and pioneer
  • Giovanni Ferrari, Italian footballer
  • Matteo Ferrari, retired Italian footballer
  • Nick Ferrari, British radio presenter
  • León Ferrari, Argentine contemporary conceptual artist
  • Giancarlo Ferrari, retired Italian archer
  • Gillian Ferrari, Canadian women's ice hockey player
  • Piero Ferrari, Italian billionaire businessman
  • María Paz Ferrari, field hockey player from Argentina,
  • Vanessa Ferrari, Italian artistic gymnast
  • Al Ferrari, American basketball player
  • Virginio Ferrari, Italian former professional Grand Prix motorcycle road racer
  • Gabriel Ferrari, former American soccer player
  • Paulo Ferrari, Argentine football right full back
  • Ettore Ferrari, Italian sculptor
  • Marc Ferrari, American musician, author

Ferrari Namesakes

  • Alfredo Ferrari, Italian automotive engineer and the first son of automaker Enzo Ferrari
  • Dino Ferrari, Italian painter
  • Gaudenzio Ferrari, Northern Italian painter and sculptor of the Renaissance
  • Michele Ferrari, Italian physician, cycling coach and author
  • Benedetto Ferrari, Italian composer, particularly of opera
  • Larry Ferrari, American organist
  • Gregorio De Ferrari, Italian Baroque painter of the Genoese school
  • Orazio de Ferrari, Italian artist, active in the Baroque period,
  • Defendente Ferrari, Italian painter active in Piedmont
  • Luca Ferrari, Italian painter of the Baroque period
  • Giovanni Andrea de Ferrari, Italian painter of the Baroque period
  • Lorenzo De Ferrari, Italian painter of the Baroque period
  • Johann Angelo Ferrari, Austrian entomologist born in Italy
  • Lodovico Ferrari, Italian mathematician
  • Andrea Carlo Ferrari, Italian Roman Catholic prelate
  • Enzo Ferrari, Italian motor racing driver and entrepreneur
  • Luc Ferrari, French composer of Italian heritage and pioneer
  • Giovanni Ferrari, Italian footballer
  • Matteo Ferrari, retired Italian footballer
  • Nick Ferrari, British radio presenter
  • León Ferrari, Argentine contemporary conceptual artist
  • Giancarlo Ferrari, retired Italian archer
  • Gillian Ferrari, Canadian women's ice hockey player
  • Piero Ferrari, Italian billionaire businessman
  • María Paz Ferrari, field hockey player from Argentina,
  • Vanessa Ferrari, Italian artistic gymnast
  • Al Ferrari, American basketball player
  • Virginio Ferrari, Italian former professional Grand Prix motorcycle road racer
  • Gabriel Ferrari, former American soccer player
  • Paulo Ferrari, Argentine football right full back
  • Ettore Ferrari, Italian sculptor
  • Marc Ferrari, American musician, author

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