Surname Ferrara in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Ferrara families are mainly Italians (from Rovinj ), less frequently Croats (from Vodice ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Pula and Rovinj.

Prevalence

About 10 people with faimily name Ferrara live in Croatia today, in 7 households. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved.
They are located in threee Croatian counties, threee cities and another small place , mostly in Rovinj (10), Pula (<5), Tribunj (<5), and in Zagreb (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Ferrara (including: Ferrrara , Ferrarra and Ferraera ) is present in 86 countries worldwide. The family name "Ferrara " is used by some 40000 people in Italy , about 20000 in the United States , and some 6000 people in Brazil. "Ferrarra " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Ferraera " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Dino Ferrara, Sandra Ferrara, Monica Ferrara, Martina Ferrara, Giuseppe Ferrara, Moreno Ferrara, Francesco Ferrara, Alessandro Ferrara, Maurizio Ferrara, Danica Ferrara, Sergio Ferrara, Marisa Ferrara, Massimo Ferrara, Chiara Ferrara, Milan Ferrara, Laura Ferrara, Nives Ferrara, Luciano Ferrara, Vincent Ferrara

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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