Last Name FERRER

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Meaning	The farrier, a maker of horse-shoes. From Old French 'ferrer.' to shoe horses. Also from French 'fer,' iron and Latin 'ferrum,' iron. Local: From 'Ferrieres,' a small town of Gastinois, France, so called from the iron mines with which the country abounded; or the name may have originated from the occupation of a farrier or iron-dealer.

Origin	English, Jewish, Spanish, Chilean, Irish, Portuguese, Austrian, Belgian, Algerian, Guam

Rank	2,556 (2000 US census)	3,165 (1990 US census)

Count	13,010 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

14.6%, or 1899 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
1.64%, or 213 total occurrences, as black,
18.42%, or 2396 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.11%, or 14 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.48%, or 193 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
63.76%, or 8295 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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