Ferrer (surname)

Ferrer is a common surname in Catalan,[3] described in some sources as having been brought to Spain in the 13th century by English-Scottish noblemen[4] and is ranked 35th in Catalonia[5] and was listed as 1,648th most common surname in the world.[6]

This article is about the origin and distribution of the surname Ferrer. For people named Ferrer or de Ferrer, see Ferrer.

Ferrer
PronunciationEnglish: /ˈfɛrər/ FERR-ər
Eastern Catalan: [fəˈre]
Language(s)Catalan
Origin
Word/nameFerro
Latin: [ˈfɛrroː]
MeaningBlacksmith, Ironworker[1][2]
Region of originSpain
Other names
Variant form(s)Ferro
Ferror/Ferrour
Ferrur
Ferrières
Farrar
Ferrers
de Ferrers
de Ferrer
Anglicisation(s)Ferrer
Derivedferrarius
[fɛrˈraːrɪ.ʊs]
Related namesSmith[2]
Popularitysee popular names

Origin

Ferrer is a surname popular in Catalan,[3] described in and has been brought to Spain in the 13th century by English-Scottish noblemen.[4][7][8][9] Ferrer is an occupational surname for a blacksmith or ironworker[1] as described by The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland- derived from the Latin word ferrum or ferrarius, Catalan ferro meaning iron, and thus shares a common occupational derivation with the most common English surname, Smith.[10] It is recorded in almost every country in Europe in the appropriate spelling, hence making it international in origin.[11] It is one of the most common Catalan surnames, ranked 35th in Catalonia.[5] The surname Ferrer is a Spanish variant of the surnames Farrar , which is a variant of the occupational name Ferror/Ferrour, Anglo Norman Ferrur,[12] Ferrier, Ferrers, and de Ferrers. According to Public Profiler, the surname Ferrer came to England from Spain[13]

The English surname – Ferrers is originally Norman unlike Ferrer or Farrar it is a locational name, see for instance, the lineage of the Baron Ferrers of Groby, deriving, in this instance, from the place name Ferrières-Saint-Hilaire, Walchelin de Ferrières (de Ferrers) having come to England with William the Conqueror. see the Battle Abbey Roll,[14] the Ferrers family held the earldom of Derby; although the main line died out, some descendants in England still bear the name Ferrers, a popular, but not well-documented belief is that some emigrated to Spain – e.g. the Scottish-English nobleman William Stewart Ferrer,[15][16] father of Saint Vincent Ferrer. Also, Bernard Ferrer, an English Knight, and Auchias Ferrer, a Scottish Lord, came from Britain to Spain – to aid in the restoration of Christian rule in Valencia.[17]

The name Ferrer has been identified in the court records of Aragon and by the Holy Office of the Catholic Church of Spain as a Sephardic (Jewish) surname. If you wish to research this aspect of the Ferrer family line of Spain.[18] It would appear that there are at least two branches of the same family in Spain (one Jewish, one Catholic) or two separate families with the same name.[19]

The Ferrer YDNA surname   project has only two males surnamed Ferrer and both belong to haplogroup is R-M269 ( International Society of Genetic Genealogy (ISOGG) R1b1b2), known as the Western Atlantic Modal and the most common haplogroup in the western Atlantic region of Europe and the British Isles.[20]

One of the two has tested to basal SNP's to subclade R-372, which is a subclade of U106 and has most matches in Scandinavia.

In the Philippines, the first recorded surname of Ferrer dates back to 1824, in Pangasinan, the birth of Jose Padilla Ferrer.[21]

Analysis
Map of Great Britain showing the distribution of the surname in 1881. The map is divided into postal areas of the United Kingdom.

Great Britain

Statistically, it is a very uncommon surname in Great Britain. In the 1881 census there are 83 Ferrers recorded, with an average of 3 occurrences per million surnames. Also in 1881, it was ranked as the 19,011th most common surname. In the 1996 electoral register 185 Ferrers were recorded, with an average of 5 occurrences per million surnames, while it was ranked as the 17,724th most common surname.[22] Distribution: in 1881 the Northampton postal area had the highest rate of occurrences of Ferrer per million surnames. By 1998 the highest postal area per million was East Central London.[22]

Ethnicity of forenames of people bearing the surname Ferrer in Great Britain
Ethnicity of forenames % of occurrences in Great Britain
British, or Unknown origin 77.87
– English, or Unknown origin 76.28
– Irish 0.79
– Scottish 0.40
– Welsh 0.40
French 1.19
German or Dutch 0.79
Spanish 14.23
Italian 3.95
Black African 0.79
Other Muslim 0.40
Indian 0.40
– Hindi 0.40
East Asian 0.40

Source:Public Profiler World Names website.[22]

Comparison between Great Britain and the World (per million occurrences of the surname)
International Comparisons Rate Rate as %
Great Britain (1998) 5 100
Great Britain (1881) 3
Australia 19.90 349.8
Canada 24.20 425.4
New Zealand 3.94 69.2
United States of America 42.75 751.4

Source: Public Profiler World Names website.[22]

Australia

In 2002 Northern Territory was the state or territory with the highest rate of the surname per million people, with a rate of 681% of the Australian average.[22]

Catalonia

According to IDESCAT, the Institute of Statistics of Catalonia, there were 15,850 persons with Ferrer as a first surname as of 1 January 2007, out of a population of 7,204,000, which means 0.22% of the population. This makes Ferrer the 35th most common surname in Catalonia.[23]

New Zealand

In 2002 Canterbury was the region with the highest rate of the surname per million people, with a rate of 434% of the national average.[22]

Philippines

As per the data collected by genealogy portal Forebears in 2014, there are approximately 98,478 Filipinos bearing the surname and Ilocos region has the highest rate of the surname with a frequency of 1:212[24]

United States

In 1990 Florida was the state with the highest rate of the surname per million people, with a rate of 414% of the national average.[22]

Footnotes
  1. Hanks, Patrick; Coates, Richard; McClure, Peter (2016). The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland. Oxford University Press. p. 904. ISBN 9780192527479. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
  2. Mckinley, Richard (2014). A History of British Surnames. Routledge. ISBN 9781317901457. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
  3. "Ferrer Name". Ancestry.com. Archived from the original on 17 July 2018. Retrieved 5 February 2019.
  4. Fr. S.M.Hogan,"Saint Vincent Ferrer, O.P." Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine. Longmans, Green and Co, London: 1911. Pp. 1–2
  5. "Institut d'Estadistica de Catalunya". Archived from the original on 7 February 2019. Retrieved 5 February 2019.
  6. "Ferrer Surname Definition". Forebears. Archived from the original on 9 May 2019. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
  7. "Heráldica; blasones y apellidos". Archived from the original on 11 July 2011. Retrieved 11 June 2011.
  8. CatholicIreland.net: "Apr 5 – St Vincent Ferrer (1350–1419)" Archived 7 August 2019 at the Wayback Machine
  9. Saint Vincent Catholic Church (p.12): "Short Biography of St. Vincent Ferrer" Archived 7 August 2019 at the Wayback Machine
  10. Woods, Richard Donovon; Alvarez-Altman, Grace (1978). Spanish surnames in the southwestern United States: a dictionary. G. K. Hall. p. 59. ISBN 9780816181452. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
  11. "Surname Database: Ferrer Last Name Origin". The Internet Surname Database. Surname Database. Archived from the original on 23 February 2019. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
  12. "Ferrer name". Ancestry.com. Archived from the original on 7 February 2019. Retrieved 5 February 2019.
  13. "Great Britain Names (Public Profiler)". Public Profiler GB. Retrieved 5 February 2019.
  14. Cleveland, Duchess (1889). "Battle Abbey Roll". Archive.org. Retrieved 5 February 2019.
  15. "Saint Vincent Ferrer Catholic Church". Archived from the original on 4 September 2011. Retrieved 11 June 2011.
  16. "Associazione San Vincenzo Valleradice". Archived from the original on 25 March 2012. Retrieved 11 June 2011.
  17. Informacion Apellidos Archived 17 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine|date=April 2018}}
  18. "Sephardim.com". sephardim.com. Archived from the original on 3 July 2019. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
  19. "Sephardim.com Archive". sephardicgen.com. Archived from the original on 12 December 2018. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
  20. "FamilyTreeDNA – Ferrer Y-DNA Surname Project". familytreedna.com. Archived from the original on 24 May 2018. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
  21. "Descendants of Jose Padilla Ferrer" (PDF). Retrieved 17 September 2019.
  22. Names Public Profiler Retrieved 2019-02-31
  23. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 6 September 2012. Retrieved 10 November 2009.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  24. "Ferrer Surname Distribution". Forebears. Archived from the original on 9 May 2019. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
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