Explore the Family Name Ferral

The meaning of Ferral

Galician: habitational name from two places called Ferral in Pontevedra province (Galicia, Spain).

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How common is the last name Ferral in the United States?

According to data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the popularity of the surname Ferral has seen a noteworthy increase between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, it was ranked as the 83,004th most common surname in the United States, but by 2010, it had jumped to 64,721st place, representing an upward shift of 22.03%. The number of individuals with this surname also rose from 211 in 2000 to 307 in 2010, marking a significant 45.5% increment. This means that for every 100,000 people in the U.S., about 0.1 have the surname Ferral, showing an increase of 25% from the previous decade.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#83,004	#64,721	22.03%
Count	211	307	45.5%
Proportion per 100k	0.08	0.1	25%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Ferral

Focusing on the ethnic distribution of the surname Ferral, the Decennial U.S. Census data outlines some shifts from 2000 to 2010. The majority of people with this surname identify as Hispanic, with an increase from 56.4% in 2000 to 59.93% in 2010. The percentage of those identifying as White declined slightly from 37.44% to 34.53%. There was also a substantial decrease in Black identifiers, dropping from 3.32% to 1.63%. Interestingly, there were no individuals who identified as American Indian and Alaskan Native in either year. However, by 2010, 2.28% identified as Asian/Pacific Islander and 1.63% claimed two or more ethnicities - categories that had not been represented in the 2000 data.

	2000	2010	Change
Hispanic	56.4%	59.93%	6.26%
White	37.44%	34.53%	-7.77%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	2.28%	0%
Two or More Races	0%	1.63%	0%
Black	3.32%	1.63%	-50.9%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%