Ferrara

surname · Latin script

Meaning, in English: An Andrea Ferrara sword; (generally) a broadsword

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

/fɝˈɑɹə/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Ferrara is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • ITItaly≈1 in 1.8K(inferred from the name graph)
  • USUnited States1 in 24K
  • GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 26K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

China (inferred from the name graph)

≈43,000 people, est.

2 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
411 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 1.8K (inferred from the name graph)

Italy, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

FerraraLatin(measured from records)
ΦερραραGreek(measured from records)

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

first/third-person singular imperfect subjunctive of ferrar

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

How Ferrara is read(measured from records)

Ferrara is one spelling over 4 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 3 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.

  • English61%

    An Andrea Ferrara sword; (generally) a broadsword.

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

    prov & town, Italy

    as a namePronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names

  • Spanish12%

    first/third-person singular imperfect subjunctive of ferrar

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • Italian12%

    Ferrara (a province of Italy)

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

    oriundo da cidade de Ferrara; do lat. ferraria

    as a nameDicionário dos sobrenomes italianos

  • French5.3%

    No dictionary in our sources glosses Ferrara in French.

The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Ferrara counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Ferrara is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
CN China—≈43,000 est.≈1 in 32K—Ferrara4
IT Italy—≈34,000 est.≈1 in 1.8KlistedFerrara107
US United States—13,6691 in 24K14KFerrara411
AR Argentina—2,5181 in 18K2.5K—2
GB United Kingdom—≈2,500 est.≈1 in 26K—Ferrara101
CH Switzerland—7871 in 11K787Ferrara23
JM Jamaica#525≈250 est.≈1 in 11K—Ferrara1
UY Uruguay—1931 in 18K193——

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; the italian-surnames-defelice-1978 register; RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); INE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Ferrara is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Italian surname6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Italy, United States, United Kingdom, Canada

    Also written Fèrràrà, Fėrrårā, Fèrrarà, Fèrràra

  • French surname5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, United States, Belgium, Italy

    Also written Férrara, Fërrãrã, Fęrrãrã

  • Portuguese surname6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Brazil, United States, Italy, United Kingdom

    Also written Fėŕřârá, Fêrrårä, Fĕŕrãřa, Ferrará, Fërrárå

  • Thai surname5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Italy, United States, Laos, Thailand

    Languages: Thai, Lao

    Also written แฟร์ราร่า, แฟรรารา, Ferara

  • Croatian surname11 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Croatia, Italy, United States, Bulgaria

    Languages: Croatian, Bulgarian, Slovenian

    Also written Ferara, Ферара, Феррара

48 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Ferrara is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In Galician, first/third-person singular pluperfect indicative of ferrar

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

19001920194019601980Franco Ferrara, b. 1911Giuseppe Ferrara, b. 1932Sergio Ferrara, b. 1945Giorgio Ferrara, b. 1947Abel Ferrara, b. 1951Stéphane Ferrara, b. 1956Adam Ferrara, b. 1966Ciro Ferrara, b. 1967Manuel Ferrara, b. 1975Jerry Ferrara, b. 1979

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalDear Ferrara,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 37 sources across 21 countries.

Official registers attesting Ferrara
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010201014K#2,635
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000200013K#2,480
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020202013K#2,752
AR ArgentinaRENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national)—2.5K—
CH SwitzerlandBFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames)2024787#1,557
UY UruguayINE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public)—193—
IT ItalyDizionario dei Cognomi Italiani (De Felice, 1978)———
IT Italy意大利语姓名译名手册 (Xinhua Italian Name Manual)———
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 6

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

Where does the name Ferrara come from?
first/third-person singular imperfect subjunctive of ferrar Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
How do you pronounce Ferrara?
A machine transcription gives /fɝˈɑɹə/ (IPA) for English.
What does the name Ferrara mean?
In English, An Andrea Ferrara sword; (generally) a broadsword.
In which country does Ferrara have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 43 thousand people named Ferrara in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled ferrara.
How common is the name Ferrara?
In the United States, the national register counted 13,669 people named Ferrara in 2010, about 1 in 24 thousand residents.
How common is Ferrara compared with other names?
In Jamaica, Ferrara is the 525th most common surname of 50,451 surnames recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Ferrara” — the 525th most common surname in Jamaica. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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