Ferrero History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Venice, one of the oldest and most beautiful island regions of Italy, is the esteemed birthplace of numerous prominent families, including the family that bears the surname Ferrero. Although people were originally known only by a single name, it became necessary for people to adopt a second name to identify themselves as populations grew and travel became more frequent. The process of adopting fixed hereditary surnames was not complete until the modern era, but the use of hereditary family names in Italy began in the 10th and 11th centuries. Italian hereditary surnames were developed according to fairly general principles and they are characterized by a profusion of derivatives coined from given names. Although the most common type of family name found in Venice is the patronymic surname, which is derived from the father's givenname, names derived from occupations are also found. Occupational surnames, which are less common than other types of surnames in Italy, date back to the feudal era. However, under the Feudal System, occupational names did not become hereditary until the offices themselves became hereditary. It was only after an occupation was inherited by several generations in lineal descent that occupational names came to be applied to entire families, and so became a hereditary surname. The surname Ferrero comes from the Latin word ferro which means iron. The family likely were blacksmiths.

Early Origins of the Ferrero family

The surname Ferrero was first found in Modena (Etruscan: Mutna; Latin: Mutina; Modenese: Mòdna), where records can be found in 1271 of the Ferrari family living there at the Villa Mugnano.

Saint Vincent Ferrer, OP (1350-1419) was a Valencian Dominican friar and preacher, who gained acclaim as a missionary and a logician. He is honored as a saint of the Catholic Church and other churches of Catholic traditions. His feast day is April 5th.

Early History of the Ferrero family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Ferrero research. The years 1471, 1480, 1499, 1508, 1530, 1546, 1584, 1603, 1653, 1655, 1662, 1681, 1850 and 1865 are included under the topic Early Ferrero History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Ferrero Spelling Variations

Enormous variation in spelling and form characterizes those Italian names that originated in the medieval era. This is caused by two main factors: regional tradition, and inaccuracies in the recording process. Before the last few hundred years, scribes spelled names according to their sounds. Spelling variations were the unsurprising result. The variations of Ferrero include Ferraro, Ferrari, Ferrario, Ferraris, Ferrai, Ferrero, Ferrarese, Ferreri, Ferrèri, Ferreli, Ferriero, Ferrieri, Ferrerio, Fevrero, Fevriero, Ferrer, Fer, Ferr, Fare, De Ferrari, Deferrari, Defferrari, De Ferraris, Ferrarello, Ferraretto, Ferrarini, Ferrarin, Ferrarotti, Ferrarone, Ferraron and many more.

Early Notables of the Ferrero family

Prominent among members of the family was

Antonio Ferrero (died 1508), an Italian Roman Catholic bishop and cardinal

Ferrero Ranking

In the United States, the name Ferrero is the 16,949^th most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 1 However, in France, the name Ferrero is ranked the 1,578^th most popular surname with an estimated 3,782 people with that name. 2

Ferrero migration to the United States +

In the immigration and passenger lists were a number of people bearing the name Ferrero

Ferrero Settlers in United States in the 16th Century

Lorenzo Ferrero, who sailed to America in 1535

Ferrero Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Adelaide Ferrero, who landed in New York, NY in 1832 3
Lorenzo Ferrero, who arrived in America in 1835 3
M Ferrero, aged 27, who landed in New Orleans, La in 1839 3
Mauricio Ferrero, who landed in Puerto Rico in 1858 3
Joseph Ferrero, aged 26, who arrived in New Orleans, La in 1861 3
... (More are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

Contemporary Notables of the name Ferrero (post 1700) +

Reno Ferrero, American politician, Mayor of Merced, California, 1956
Ernesto Ferrero (1938-2023), Italian writer and literary critic
Anna Maria Ferrero (1934-2018), née Guerra, an Italian Golden Globe Award winning actress who appeared in over 53 films
Michele Ferrero (1925-2015), Italian chocolate magnate, best known as the man who invented Nutella which made the richest man in Italy
Michele Ferrero (b. 1967), Italian Roman Catholic priest and author
Lorenzo Ferrero (b. 1951), Italian composer
Guglielmo Ferrero (1871-1942), Italian historian, journalist, and novelist
Bruno Ferrero (1933-2023), French footballer who played as a goalkeeper for the France National Team in 1962
Bernardo Adam Ferrero (1942-2022), Spanish composer, conductor, and musicologist from Algemesí
Ricardo Ferrero (1955-2015), Argentine professional footballer
... (Another 1 notables are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

Citations +

"What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
http://www.journaldesfemmes.com/nom-de-famille/nom/
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)