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Early Origins of the Ferran family

The surname Ferran was first found in Castile, in north central Spain.

Early History of the Ferran family

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Ferran Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Ferran, Ferrani, Ferranin, Ferra, Ferrons, Ferrin and many more.

Early Notables of the Ferran family

Prominent among members of the family

  • the Ferran family of Castile

Ferran Ranking

In France, the name Ferran is the 6,229th most popular surname with an estimated 1,000 - 1,500 people with that name. 1


United States Ferran migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Ferran Settlers in United States in the 18th Century
  • Cornelly Ferran, who arrived in New York in 1775
Ferran Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • Ann Ferran, who arrived in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1812 2
  • Barney Ferran, aged 22, who landed in New York in 1812 2
  • James Ferran, aged 28, who arrived in New York in 1812 2
  • Margarita Ferran, who landed in Puerto Rico in 1816 2
  • Juan Ferran, a Spanish soldier, who settled in New Orleans in 1825
  • ... (More are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

West Indies Ferran migration to West Indies +

The British first settled the British West Indies around 1604. They made many attempts but failed in some to establish settlements on the Islands including Saint Lucia and Grenada. By 1627 they had managed to establish settlements on St. Kitts (St. Christopher) and Barbados, but by 1641 the Spanish had moved in and destroyed some of these including those at Providence Island. The British continued to expand the settlements including setting the First Federation in the British West Indies by 1674; some of the islands include Barbados, Bermuda, Cayman Island, Turks and Caicos, Jamaica and Belize then known as British Honduras. By the 1960's many of the islands became independent after the West Indies Federation which existed from 1958 to 1962 failed due to internal political conflicts. After this a number of Eastern Caribbean islands formed a free association. 3
Ferran Settlers in West Indies in the 17th Century
  • Samvell Ferran, aged 30, who arrived in Barbados in 1635 2

Contemporary Notables of the name Ferran (post 1700) +

  • Rocco A. Ferran, American politician, Representative from New York 29th District, 1976
  • Kim Ferran (1958-1980), British speed skater at the 1980 Winter Olympics, holder of two long track British records for 1000m and 3000m, world record for 500 metres
  • Francis Patrick Ferran (b. 1923), Irish Sinn Féin politician and medical practitioner
  • Ferran Olivella Pons (1936-2023), Spanish footballer who played as a defender (1953-1968)
  • Ferran Corominas Telechea (b. 1983), commonly known as Coro, a Spanish professional footballer
  • Ferran Hurtado Ph.D., Spanish professor of Geometry at the Polytechnique University in Catalunya


  1. http://www.journaldesfemmes.com/nom-de-famille/nom/
  2. Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
  3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_West_Indies


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