Ferrer (surname)

Ferrer is a surname popular in the Catalan language.Fr. S.M.Hogan,[http://www.archive.org/stream/saintvincentferr00hogauoft#page/n17/mode/2up "Saint Vincent Ferrer, O.P."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304102703/http://www.archive.org/stream/saintvincentferr00hogauoft#page/n17/mode/2up|date=4 March 2016}}. Longmans, Green and Co, London: 1911. Pp. 1–2{{Cite web |url=http://heraldicahispana.com/ApA/ferrer-freire.htm |title=Heráldica; blasones y apellidos |access-date=11 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110711163420/http://heraldicahispana.com/ApA/ferrer-freire.htm |archive-date=11 July 2011 |url-status=live }}CatholicIreland.net: [https://www.catholicireland.net/saintoftheday/st-vincent-ferrer-1350-1419/ "Apr 5 – St Vincent Ferrer (1350–1419)"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190807122702/https://www.catholicireland.net/saintoftheday/st-vincent-ferrer-1350-1419/ |date=7 August 2019 }}Saint Vincent Catholic Church (p.12): [http://stvincentferrer.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/April-7-2019.pdf "Short Biography of St. Vincent Ferrer"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190807122653/http://stvincentferrer.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/April-7-2019.pdf |date=7 August 2019 }} Ferrer is an occupational surname for a blacksmith or ironworker as described by The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland- derived from the Latin word ferrum or ferrarius meaning iron, via the Catalan ferro, and thus shares a common occupational derivation with the most common English surname, Smith.{{cite book |last1=Woods |first1=Richard Donovon |last2=Alvarez-Altman |first2=Grace |title=Spanish surnames in the southwestern United States: a dictionary |date=1978 |publisher=G. K. Hall |isbn=9780816181452 |page=[https://archive.org/details/spanishsurnamesi00wood/page/59 59] |url=https://archive.org/details/spanishsurnamesi00wood |url-access=registration |access-date=19 September 2019 |language=en}} It is recorded in almost every country in Europe in the appropriate spelling, hence making it international in origin.{{cite web |title=Surname Database: Ferrer Last Name Origin |url=https://www.surnamedb.com/Surname/Ferrer |website=The Internet Surname Database |publisher=Surname Database |access-date=17 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190223080224/http://www.surnamedb.com/Surname/Ferrer |archive-date=23 February 2019 |url-status=live }} It is one of the most common Catalan surnames, ranked 35th in Catalonia. The surname Ferrer is a Spanish variant of the surnames Farrar , which is a variant of the occupational name Ferror/Ferrour, Anglo Norman Ferrur,{{Cite web|url=http://www.idescat.cat/cognoms/?q=ferrer|title=Ferrer name|website=Ancestry.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190207015812/http://www.idescat.cat/cognoms/?q=ferrer|archive-date=7 February 2019|access-date=5 February 2019|url-status=live}} Ferrier, Ferrers, and de Ferrers. According to Public Profiler, the surname Ferrer came to England from Spain{{Cite web|url=http://gbnames.publicprofiler.org/NameSelection.aspx?name=FERRER&year=1881&altyear=1998&country=GB&type=name|title=Great Britain Names (Public Profiler)|website=Public Profiler GB|access-date=5 February 2019}}

The English surname Ferrers is originally Norman and 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) who arrived in England with William the Conqueror.{{Cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/battleabbeyrollw01battuoft/page/n37|title=Battle Abbey Roll|last=Cleveland|first=Duchess|year=1889|website=Archive.org|access-date=5 February 2019}} The Ferrers family held the earldom of Derby and although the main line died out, some descendants in England still bear the name.

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.{{cite web |title=Sephardim.com |url=http://www.sephardim.com |website=sephardim.com |access-date=17 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190703215046/http://sephardim.com/ |archive-date=3 July 2019 |url-status=live }} 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.{{cite web |title=Sephardim.com Archive |url=https://www.sephardicgen.com/databases/SephardimCom2009.htm |website=sephardicgen.com |access-date=17 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181212065856/http://www.sephardicgen.com/databases/SephardimCom2009.htm |archive-date=12 December 2018 |url-status=live }}

The Ferrer YDNA surname   project has only two males surnamed Ferrer and both belong to haplogroup 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.{{cite web |title=FamilyTreeDNA – Ferrer Y-DNA Surname Project |url=https://www.familytreedna.com/public/Ferrer?iframe=ycolorized |website=familytreedna.com |access-date=17 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180524203341/https://www.familytreedna.com/public/Ferrer?iframe=ycolorized |archive-date=24 May 2018 |url-status=live }}

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 to 1824, in Pangasinan.{{cite web |title=Descendants of Jose Padilla Ferrer. |url=http://tanjay.rgad.com/familytrees/FerrerTree-Ver18-10May2015.pdf |access-date=17 September 2019}}

Image:Ferrer 1881 map.jpg showing the distribution of the surname in 1881. The map is divided into postal areas of the United Kingdom.]]

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.[http://worldnames.publicprofiler.org/World Names Public Profiler]{{Dead link|date=November 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Retrieved 2019-02-31 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.

Source:Public Profiler World Names website.

Source: Public Profiler World Names website.

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.

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.{{Cite web |url=http://www.idescat.cat/orpi/Orpi?TC=N&VN=Ferrer&VOK=Confirmar |title=Idescat. Població. Onomàstica. Cognoms de la població. Cerca per cognom: «Ferrer». Catalunya |access-date=10 November 2009 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120906120217/http://www.idescat.cat/orpi/Orpi?TC=N&VN=Ferrer&VOK=Confirmar |archive-date=6 September 2012 |url-status=live }}

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.

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{{cite web |title=Ferrer Surname Distribution |url=https://forebears.io/surnames/ferrer |website=Forebears |access-date=10 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190509082404/https://forebears.io/surnames/ferrer#distribution |archive-date=9 May 2019 |url-status=live }}

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.

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