where does the surname FERROL originate from?

Question

my maiden name. I know there is a village called El Ferrol in Portugal. How did we get the name?

Answer 1

Ferrol is commonly used in Ireland but it could go back to Spain in the moars time.

Answer 2

I didn't know which one you wanted. Ferrol is Gaelic to mean famous men.

errol, El[el fArOl´] Pronunciation Key, city (1990 pop. 86,272), A Coruna prov., NW Spain, in Galicia. The naval base on the Atlantic was built in the 18th cent. and is one of the most important in Spain. Shipbuilding and ironworks are the main industries. Francisco Franco, El Caudillo, was born there, and from 1939 to the early 1980s it was known as El Ferrol del Caudillo.

Answer 3

There is a Spanish surname of Ferrol, but in searching through Ancestry.com the most common nationality is Irish. The census records from 1841 forward show Irish origins for the surname. Most of the passenger lists also show Irish immigrants with this surname:

1841 Scotland census

Name Estimated Birth Year BirthPlace Civil Parish County Parish Number

Allan Ferrol abt 1841 Ayrshire, Scotland Newton On Ayr Ayrshire 612
Ann Ferrol abt 1838 Ayrshire, Scotland Newton On Ayr Ayrshire 612
Ely Ferrol abt 1801 Ireland Irvine Ayrshire 595
James Ferrol abt 1766 Ireland Irvine Ayrshire 595
Jane Ferrol abt 1811 Ireland Glasgow St Marys Lanarkshire 644/1
Mary Ferrol abt 1806 Ireland Irvine Ayrshire 595


1850 US census

Name Home in 1850
(City,County,State) Estimated Birth Year Birth Place

Mary Ferrol Fort Smith, Crawford, AR abt 1825 Ireland
Patrick Ferrol Hartford, Hartford, CT abt 1820 Ireland


1851 English census

Name Parent or spouse names Birth Year BirthPlace Relation Civil Parish County/Island

Anne Ferrol abt 1804 Galway Kilbegny, Ireland Lodger Barnard Castle Durham
Mary Ferrol abt 1837 Galway Kilbegny, Ireland Lodger Barnard Castle Durham
Nicholas Ferrol abt 1845 Galway Kilbegny, Ireland Lodger Barnard Castle Durham
William Ferrol abt 1844 Devonport, Devon, England Grandson Stoke Damerel Devon


1861 English census

Name Parent or spouse names Birth Year BirthPlace Relation Civil Parish County/Island

Margeret Ferrol Patrick abt 1819 Scotland Wife Scarborough Yorkshire
Margeret Ferrol Patrick,
Margeret abt 1852 Newcastle, Northumberland, England Daughter Scarborough Yorkshire
Patrick Ferrol Margeret abt 1821 Ireland Head Scarborough Yorkshire


New York Passenger Lists

Name Arrival Date Estimated Birth Year Gender Port of Departure Place of Origin Ship Name
Achille Ferrol 23 Oct 1854 abt 1817 Male Le Havre, France France Far West
M Ferrol 31 May 1853 abt 1807 Male Liverpool, England Ireland Agnes Leeds
M Ferrol 31 May 1853 abt 1835 Female Liverpool, England Ireland Agnes Leeds
R Ferrol 31 May 1853 abt 1833 Female Liverpool, England Ireland Agnes Leeds
Thos Ferrol 13 Oct 1890 abt 1866 Male Liverpool, England and Queenstown, Ireland Ireland City of Rome


International Passenger Lists

Name Year Age Place of Arrival

Juan Ferrol 1526 Honduras
Juan Ferrol 1511 Brazil
Patrick Ferrol 1818 New York
Patrick Ferrol 1818 New York


Boston 1821-1850 Passenger and Immigration Lists

Name Arrival Date Age Gender Place of Origin

Jerry Ferrol May 29, 1841 25 County Cork



If your particular heritage is Hispanic, then the village is the most likely source, but it seems that the Irish are the main contributor to the US and Britain.

Answer 4

Have a look at this. It's a site which tracks surnames and their locations in the UK

http://www.spatial-literacy.org/UCLnames/Map.aspx?name=FERROL&year=1881&altyear=1998&country=GB&type=name

Answer 5

More likely from this one........

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Ferrol

Answer 6

sorry not sure...........