Ferro
التعريفات والمعاني
== English ==
=== Etymology ===
As an Italian, Spanish (occasionally Sephardic Jewish), Portuguese, Maltese, Galician surname, all from the noun ferro (“iron”).
As an English surname, variant of Farrar.
=== Proper noun ===
Ferro (plural Ferros)
A surname from Italian.
El Hierro, the smallest island in the Canary Islands, Spain.
==== 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: 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.
Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “Ferro”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
== Italian ==
=== Etymology ===
From the noun ferro (“iron”)
=== Proper noun ===
Ferro m or f by sense
a surname