Farrels Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
England

Farrels Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Farrels Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
England11:55,718,059489,080
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland41:935,80421,348
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States91:5,579,854232,921

Farrels Last Name Facts

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

The surname Farrels is more commonly found in The United States than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Farrels? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 8,968,613th most commonly used last name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. Farrels occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 75 percent of Farrels are found; 75 percent are found in North America and 75 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

The last name is most commonly used in The United States, where it is borne by 3 people, or 1 in 120,819,644. In The United States Farrels is most frequent in: Arkansas, where 33 percent are found, Missouri, where 33 percent are found and Tennessee, where 33 percent are found. Beside The United States this last name exists in one country. It is also common in England, where 25 percent are found.

Farrels Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Farrels has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name contracted 67 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Farrels Last Name Statistics demography

Farrels earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 85.13% less than the national average, earning $6,417 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Farrells9317/
Farells861/
Farrles861/
Ferrels860/
Farls8382/
Farriols80244/
Farelles8012/
Forrells807/
Ferrells800/
Farles7764/
Ferels7725/
Fearls773/
Forels771/
Farless71954/
Farlese7156/
Fairles7146/
Fearles7111/
Farlest712/
Varells712/
Farzelz711/
Fereels711/
Ferrils710/
Fairless672,576/
Verrells6741/
Forriols6737/
Varls6735/
Fearless6714/
Varelles672/
Farlesse670/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Farrels
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