Explore the Family Name Ferrales

The meaning of Ferrales

Hispanic (mainly Cuba): altered (plural) form of Galician Ferral.

Dictionary of American Family Names, 2nd edition, © Oxford University Press, 2022.

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

Based on data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the popularity of the surname Ferrales has seen a significant rise between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, Ferrales ranked 67,936 in popularity, but by 2010 it had risen to be the 59,901st most common surname, marking an increase of 11.83%. The actual count of individuals with the surname also increased during this time period, from 271 in 2000 to 337 in 2010, representing a growth of 24.35%. The proportion of individuals named Ferrales per 100k people also saw a growth of 10% over the same time span.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#67,936	#59,901	11.83%
Count	271	337	24.35%
Proportion per 100k	0.1	0.11	10%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Ferrales

The ethnicity associated with the surname Ferrales also reveals some interesting trends, according to the Decennial U.S. Census. The vast majority of individuals with the surname Ferrales identify as Hispanic, with 90.04% identifying as such in 2000 and 91.39% in 2010, showing a slight increase. Those identifying as White made up 4.43% of the Ferrales population in 2000, decreasing slightly to 4.15% in 2010. Interestingly, the percentage of individuals identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander decreased from 2.58% in 2000 to 2.37% in 2010. There were no recorded individuals with the surname Ferrales identifying as Black or American Indian and Alaskan Native in either census year. The category of 'Two or more races', which accounted for 1.85% in 2000, was suppressed in 2010 for privacy reasons.

	2000	2010	Change
Hispanic	90.04%	91.39%	1.5%
White	4.43%	4.15%	-6.32%
Asian/Pacific Islander	2.58%	2.37%	-8.14%
Two or More Races	1.85%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%