Family name Ferret (Ferret 
, Ferrete 
, Fioretto 
) , around the world, is a common surname. The surname Ferret is characteristic of U.S. Virgin Islands, where it is quite a common surname, France, where it is quite a rare surname, and Mauritius. Measured by absolute frequency, it most frequently occurs in France, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Italy. Much less frequently, Ferret is the forename as well as the last name.
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| Ferret | Italy, Democratic Republic of the Congo, France, Brazil, Spain |
| Ferrete | France, Brazil, United States, Spain, Mozambique |
| Fioretto | Italy, France, Brazil, United States, Argentina |
| Furet | Democratic Republic of the Congo, France, Brazil, United States, Spain |
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émile ferret Italian and French jurist-consult (1489-1552), IT (b. 1489) |
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francesc ferrer ferret Spanish journalist (1847-1920), ES (b. 1847) |
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manuel cusí i ferret Spanish painter (1857-1919), ES (b. 1857) |
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| pierre victor adolphe ferret French explorer, FR (b. 1814) |
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| antoni catasús i ferret Spanish businessperson and politician (1830-1897), ES (b. 1830) |
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| eugène ferret FR (b. 1825) |
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| j. ferret French priest and photographer, FR (b. 1845) |
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| rafael llopart i ferret Spanish businessperson, politician and military personnel (1847-1927), ES (b. 1847) |
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| tony ferret French architect (1850-1923), FR (b. 1850) |
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| auguste ferret French politician, FR (b. 1851) |
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| jean ferret FR (b. 1860) |
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| pierre ferret French architect (1877-1949), FR (b. 1877) |
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| claude ferret French architect and urban planner, FR (b. 1907) |
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| pierre ferret French musician, FR (b. 1908) |
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| sarane ferret French guitarist, FR (b. 1912) |
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