Farley Surname
Approximately 68,919 people bear this surname
Farley Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Fairleigh' or 'Fairley,' (1) a parish in Somerset, seven miles from Bath; (a) a parish in Hampshire, near Basingstoke; (3) also 'of Farley,' parishes in Kent and Surrey, and chapelries and townships in Staffordshire and Wiltshire.
Read More About This SurnameFarley Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 49,416 | 1:7,335 | 867 |
| England | 7,587 | 1:7,344 | 1,068 |
| Australia | 3,914 | 1:6,897 | 1,009 |
| Liberia | 2,374 | 1:1,857 | 243 |
| Canada | 2,127 | 1:17,323 | 2,479 |
| New Zealand | 387 | 1:11,701 | 2,029 |
| Wales | 354 | 1:8,742 | 969 |
| Ghana | 346 | 1:78,094 | 7,799 |
| Guyana | 250 | 1:3,049 | 562 |
| Scotland | 248 | 1:21,588 | 2,481 |
| Barbados | 244 | 1:1,178 | 274 |
| Northern Ireland | 216 | 1:8,542 | 1,422 |
| Ireland | 215 | 1:21,902 | 2,197 |
| France | 174 | 1:381,740 | 56,584 |
| South Africa | 174 | 1:311,366 | 29,669 |
| Argentina | 156 | 1:273,996 | 22,048 |
| Thailand | 72 | 1:981,088 | 150,124 |
| Brazil | 63 | 1:3,398,005 | 96,455 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 55 | 1:24,800 | 2,724 |
| Japan | 50 | 1:2,556,886 | 31,037 |
| Germany | 41 | 1:1,963,548 | 108,338 |
| Dominican Republic | 39 | 1:267,511 | 9,432 |
| Costa Rica | 38 | 1:125,791 | 1,936 |
| Panama | 29 | 1:134,905 | 4,585 |
| Jersey | 29 | 1:3,421 | 664 |
| Spain | 28 | 1:1,669,716 | 48,608 |
| Colombia | 27 | 1:1,769,410 | 11,599 |
| Singapore | 26 | 1:211,835 | 10,313 |
| Philippines | 23 | 1:4,401,662 | 162,661 |
| Netherlands | 19 | 1:888,799 | 62,169 |
| United Arab Emirates | 15 | 1:610,818 | 23,687 |
| Sweden | 14 | 1:703,340 | 52,204 |
| Austria | 14 | 1:608,245 | 54,975 |
| Russia | 10 | 1:14,412,306 | 394,810 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | 8 | 1:6,822 | 652 |
| Ecuador | 8 | 1:1,988,231 | 21,385 |
| Lebanon | 7 | 1:805,298 | 15,541 |
| Mexico | 7 | 1:17,732,315 | 50,495 |
| Denmark | 7 | 1:806,388 | 43,211 |
| Hong Kong | 6 | 1:1,222,580 | 5,222 |
| Indonesia | 6 | 1:22,041,532 | 555,748 |
| Czechia | 6 | 1:1,772,245 | 105,647 |
| Cyprus | 4 | 1:221,219 | 8,471 |
| Malaysia | 4 | 1:7,373,556 | 230,001 |
| Palestine | 4 | 1:1,137,212 | 16,054 |
| Sudan | 4 | 1:9,377,549 | 8,207 |
| Norway | 4 | 1:1,285,572 | 69,185 |
| Switzerland | 4 | 1:2,053,229 | 97,179 |
| Italy | 4 | 1:15,289,172 | 132,955 |
| Poland | 4 | 1:9,502,187 | 181,606 |
| Iraq | 4 | 1:8,755,414 | 23,373 |
| Afghanistan | 4 | 1:8,038,296 | 30,874 |
| Ukraine | 3 | 1:15,174,232 | 372,501 |
| China | 3 | 1:455,773,855 | 21,925 |
| Finland | 3 | 1:1,832,234 | 57,803 |
| Saint Lucia | 2 | 1:89,390 | 2,918 |
| Vietnam | 2 | 1:46,323,027 | 5,235 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 2 | 1:17,164 | 627 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Andorra | 1 | 1:83,838 | 2,381 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 1 | 1:99,171 | 2,137 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Vanuatu | 1 | 1:263,276 | 2,086 |
| Montserrat | 1 | 1:4,947 | 471 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Cayman Islands | 1 | 1:63,893 | 2,384 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| El Salvador | 1 | 1:6,343,888 | 8,415 |
| Belize | 1 | 1:355,474 | 3,977 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Gibraltar | 1 | 1:33,954 | 1,660 |
| Guernsey | 1 | 1:64,439 | 2,137 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1:8,816,442 | 9,272 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Macau | 1 | 1:601,630 | 1,582 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 340 | 1:13,029 | 1,741 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 3,595 | 1:6,780 | 1,048 |
| Scotland | 96 | 1:38,992 | 2,998 |
| Wales | 66 | 1:23,764 | 1,369 |
| Jersey | 12 | 1:4,324 | 761 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 10,941 | 1:4,590 | 566 |
The alternate forms: Fárley (2) are calculated separately.
Farley (8,983) may also be a first name.
Farley Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Fairleigh' or 'Fairley,' (1) a parish in Somerset, seven miles from Bath; (a) a parish in Hampshire, near Basingstoke; (3) also 'of Farley,' parishes in Kent and Surrey, and chapelries and townships in Staffordshire and Wiltshire.
Adam Farlegh, Somerset, 1 Edward III: Kirby's Quest.
Jacob de Farlegh, Wiltshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
Hugh de Farleye, Somerset, ibid.
(English) belonging to Farleigh, &c.
1 = Fairley, Fairlie, q.v.
2 for Farnley, q.v.
Farleigh, Hants, e.g., was the Anglo-Saxon Fearnleáh; Farley, Staffs, was the Domesday Fernlege. (Celtic) for Farrelly, q.v.
A common English name used as synonym of Farrelly, q.v
(English, Irish) The man who came from Farley or Farleigh (fern-covered clearing), the names several places in England; grandson of Faircheallach (super war).
Parishes and places in cos. Hants, Wilts, Surrey, Stafford, Somerset, Bedford, and Kent.
A location name in Hampshire, Salop, Staffordshire, Surrey, Wiltshire.
User-submitted Reference
The name is from County Meath & County Cavan, Ireland and means 'super warrior'. The anglacized version is "Farley".
- dermotfarleyFarley Demographics
Average Farley Salary in
United States
$42,445 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Farley Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Farley Come From? nationality or country of origin
Farley (Arabic: فارلي, Russian: Фарлей) occurs most in The United States. It can also occur as a variant: Fárley. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Farley? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 8,265th most commonly used family name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 105,741 people. The surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 76 percent of Farley live; 75 percent live in North America and 73 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 65,781st most frequently held given name on earth, borne by 8,983 people.
This last name is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is held by 49,416 people, or 1 in 7,335. In The United States Farley is primarily found in: California, where 8 percent live, Texas, where 7 percent live and New York, where 6 percent live. Outside of The United States it exists in 91 countries. It also occurs in England, where 11 percent live and Australia, where 6 percent live.
Farley Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Farley has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Farley surname increased 452 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 211 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it increased 536 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it increased 258 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it decreased 37 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Farley Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Farley surname is chiefly Catholic (61%) in Ireland and Syriac Orthodox (50%) in Lebanon.
In The United States those holding the Farley last name are 10% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 56.77% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Farley earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 7.93% more than the national average, earning R 256,476 per year; in Colombia they earn 39.3% more than the national average, earning $31,624,800 COP per year; in United States they earn 1.63% less than the national average, earning $42,445 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.42% more than the national average, earning $50,390 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Farley Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Farley in the Russian language | ||
| Фарлей | farlej | - |
| Farley in the Arabic language | ||
| فارلي | farly | - |
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