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ferron Name Meaning and History

  1. French: occupational name for a blacksmith or worker in iron, from Old French ferron ‘blacksmith’ (Latin ferro, genitive ferronis, a derivative of ferrum ‘iron’).
  2. Italian: from an augmentative of Ferro.
  3. Possibly also a reduced form of northern Irish McFerron.

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Distribution of ferron Families in the US in 1920
Number of ferron families
 16-30
 6-15
 1-5
 0
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