Ferreiro
See also: ferreiro
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Galician and Portuguese Ferreiro.
Proper noun
Ferreiro (plural Ferreiros)
- A surname.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Ferreiro is the 37229th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 599 individuals. Ferreiro is most common among Hispanic/Latino (84.97%) and White (13.86%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Ferreiro”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 567.
Galician
Etymology
From ferreiro (“smith”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /feˈrejɾo̝/
Proper noun
Ferreiro m
- a surname originating as an occupation
References
- "Ferreiro" in Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo / Xulio Sousa Fernández (dirs.): Cartografía dos apelidos de Galicia. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega. <http://ilg.usc.es/cag/>
Portuguese
Proper noun
Ferreiro m or f by sense
- a surname originating as an occupation