Farlane Surname

1,398,030th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 156 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Antigua and Barbuda

Farlane Surname Definition:

FARLAN: A shortened form of (Mac)farlane, which see.

Farlane Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States451:8,054,643356,745
Panama261:150,4714,892
South Africa171:3,186,924115,449
Australia111:2,454,155103,534
Canada91:4,093,955205,175
Wales61:515,75523,171
England51:11,143,612252,590
Lesotho51:406,51217,363
Northern Ireland41:461,25916,615
Trinidad and Tobago41:340,99412,383
Taiwan31:7,814,91541,694
Denmark31:1,881,57267,227
Jamaica21:1,434,97411,081
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Scotland21:2,676,90851,579
Guyana21:381,11013,532
Costa Rica21:2,390,03410,205
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
France11:66,422,722504,397
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Antigua and Barbuda11:99,1712,137
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland61:738,31121,113
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland201:187,1617,190
England51:4,875,074116,529
Wales11:1,568,41619,290
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States101:5,021,868210,693

Farlane (133) may also be a first name.

Farlane Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

FARLAN: A shortened form of (Mac)farlane, which see.

The Surnames of Scotland (1946) by George Fraser Black (1866-1948)

Farlane Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Farlane Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Farlane occurs most in The United States. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Farlane click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Farlane? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,398,030th most frequent surname on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 46,715,038 people. It occurs mostly in The Americas, where 60 percent of Farlane are found; 35 percent are found in North America and 35 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Farlane is also the 804,402nd most prevalent first name on earth, borne by 133 people.

Farlane is most frequently used in The United States, where it is held by 45 people, or 1 in 8,054,643. In The United States Farlane is primarily concentrated in: New Jersey, where 27 percent are found, California, where 13 percent are found and New York, where 11 percent are found. Excluding The United States this surname occurs in 24 countries. It also occurs in Panama, where 17 percent are found and South Africa, where 11 percent are found.

Farlane Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Farlane has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Farlane surname expanded 450 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Wales it expanded 600 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it decreased 90 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it decreased 83 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Farlane Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is primarily Catholic (67%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Farlane surname are 34.27% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 87.5% being registered with the party.

The amount Farlane earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 43.3% more than the national average, earning R 340,524 per year; in United States they earn 43.09% more than the national average, earning $61,744 USD per year and in Canada they earn 17.89% less than the national average, earning $40,797 CAD per year.

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