Ferron is used as a family name or surname in Portugal, Ireland, France. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Ferron
No. of characters: 6
Origin: Portugal, Ireland, France
Meaning:

Ferron is the variation of Ferrand. "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.

Surname Ferron is variant form of Farand. See Farrant - The English form of Ferdinandus, Spanish Fernandez, Italian Ferando, Old French Ferant

In Lincolnshire farrand means deep, cunning.

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

The lastname Ferron is 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.

How popular is Ferron?

Ferron is common in France, Canada, United States, Spain, Italy, Brazil, Uruguay, Jamaica, Argentina, England, Mexico, Netherlands.

Ferron is ranked 32293 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Ferron bearers increased by 1.98 per cent in 2010 US census to 1799 since 2000, the surname slipped by 805 spots and ranked at 16098. The last name was found in around 6 per million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 74.82 77.32
Black 15.9 14.4
Hispanic or Latino 6.23 4.99
Others 1.61 1.7
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.94 1.08
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.5 0.51
Ferron is quite popular family name mostly used in France however Andorra lie ahead in terms of density. Around 16517 people have been found who wears Ferron as their family name. Ferron is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with thousands of Ferron:
1,265 France5,225
2,011 Canada2,691
17,942 United States2,020
2,575 Spain1,924
9,676 Italy1,137
Countries with hundreds of Ferron:
9,165 Brazil901
538 Uruguay728
703 Jamaica523
9,321 Argentina387
21,171 England208
13,690 Mexico115
23,373 Netherlands107
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
2,534 Panama74
266 Andorra55
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
9,825 Chile50
44,739 Australia42
33,962 Belgium40
4,148 Northern Ireland38
115,720 Germany37
6,387 Ireland35
14,824 Dominican Republic23
572 Cayman Islands14
18,211 Singapore13
14,239 Wales13
6,304 Cuba13
49,719 Switzerland11
2,112 Belize11
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
553,295 Thailand6
54,540 Niger6
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Immigrants to US

From Germany

Aine-E.A. Ferron worked as farmer and hailed from France. 25 years old embarked for USA from Havre on Bavaria and arrived on September 15, 1862. Peter Ferron, aged 33, Francoise Ferron (19), Ch.-Mr Ferron, aged 16, 22 years old M. Ferron, are others that migrated to US.

Ferron Namesakes

  • Jacques Ferron, Canadian physician and author
  • Madeleine Ferron, Canadian writer
  • Marcelle Ferron, major figure in the Quebec contemporary art scene
  • Ferron, Canadian-born singer-songwriter and poet

Ferron Namesakes

  • Jacques Ferron, Canadian physician and author
  • Madeleine Ferron, Canadian writer
  • Marcelle Ferron, major figure in the Quebec contemporary art scene
  • Ferron, Canadian-born singer-songwriter and poet

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