Ferro
See also: ferro
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian and Galician Ferro.
Proper noun
Ferro (plural Ferros)
- A surname.
- El Hierro, the smallest island in the Canary Islands.
Derived terms
- Ferro meridian
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Ferro is the 4843rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 7273 individuals. Ferro is most common among White (75.99%) and Hispanic/Latino (21.04%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Ferro”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 568.
Anagrams
- frore
Galician
Etymology
From ferro (“iron”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfɛro̝/
Proper noun
Ferro m
- a surname
References
- “Ferro” in Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo / Xulio Sousa Fernández (dirs.): Cartografía dos apelidos de Galicia. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
- “Ferro” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
Italian
Etymology
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Proper noun
Ferro m or f by sense
- a surname