McFarland Surname

9,726th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 58,075 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Falkland Islands

McFarland Surname Definition:

(Celtic + Hebrew) Son of [Parlan or Partholan = Bartholomew, q.v. [Gaelic Mac Pharlain, genit. of Parlan]

McFarland Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States55,0001:6,590776
Northern Ireland1,7371:1,062208
Canada1,4901:24,7293,341
Australia1,4121:19,1192,646
England1,1031:50,5156,260
Scotland2621:20,4342,370
New Zealand2181:20,7723,637
Ireland1171:40,2473,159
South Africa941:576,35944,560
Wales731:42,3914,090
Philippines461:2,200,831124,033
Brazil241:8,919,764194,226
Thailand231:3,071,232294,953
Germany201:4,025,273167,743
France171:3,907,219231,005
India151:51,137,692512,385
Singapore131:423,66918,211
Netherlands121:1,407,26575,423
Japan121:10,653,69145,407
Liberia101:440,85421,753
Isle of Man101:8,5821,778
Spain91:5,194,67182,436
Panama91:434,6958,518
Guam81:20,0153,029
Hong Kong81:916,9354,774
Mexico71:17,732,31550,495
Norway71:734,61250,907
Malaysia61:4,915,704170,578
American Samoa61:9,2931,961
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Chile61:2,936,07935,997
Jersey51:19,8403,614
South Korea51:10,248,0511,694
Russia51:28,824,611530,332
China51:273,464,31313,838
Poland51:7,601,750167,855
Afghanistan41:8,038,29630,874
Samoa41:48,452659
Falkland Islands41:783169
Israel31:2,852,545113,505
Vietnam31:30,882,0184,101
Peru31:10,594,70845,902
Oman21:1,843,9869,590
Guatemala21:8,041,3349,698
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638
Venezuela21:15,102,03869,873
Czechia21:5,316,734169,646
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
Bolivia11:10,616,43417,077
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Mauritius11:1,293,41716,552
Libya11:6,243,9746,186
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland1,5601:2,840532
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2841:85,8299,036
Scotland991:37,8102,945
Wales21:784,20816,349
Jersey21:25,9413,069
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States13,3231:3,769459

McFarland (68) may also be a first name.

McFarland Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Celtic + Hebrew) Son of [Parlan or Partholan = Bartholomew, q.v. [Gaelic Mac Pharlain, genit. of Parlan]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

The son of Pharlan, or Partholan, the Gaelic for Bartholomew. Malcom McFarlane, descended from Alwyn, Earl of Lennox, founder of the clan McFarlane, lived about 1344, in the reign of Malcom IV., King of Scotland.

Tradition gives the following fabulous origin of the name. A nephew of one of the old Earls of Lennox, having killed, in a quarrel, his uncle's cook, was obliged to flee the country. Returning after many years, he built a castle upon an island, above Inversnaid, in the Highlands, where he, and the island after him, received the appellation of Farland. Hence McFarland, the son of him who came from the Far—land.

An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857) by William Arthur

McFarland Last Name Facts

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

McFarland occurs in The United States more than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name McFarland? popularity and diffusion

The surname McFarland is the 9,726th most widely held surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 125,485 people. It is mostly found in The Americas, where 97 percent of McFarland reside; 97 percent reside in North America and 97 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,181,159th most widespread given name throughout the world, borne by 68 people.

The surname is most common in The United States, where it is carried by 55,000 people, or 1 in 6,590. In The United States McFarland is most prevalent in: Texas, where 10 percent live, California, where 9 percent live and Ohio, where 6 percent live. Other than The United States McFarland exists in 68 countries. It is also found in Northern Ireland, where 3 percent live and Canada, where 3 percent live.

McFarland Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of McFarland has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the McFarland surname grew 413 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 388 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it grew 265 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it contracted 92 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in Wales it grew 3,650 percent between 1881 and 2014.

McFarland Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is predominantly Anglican (45%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the McFarland surname are 13.3% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 60.07% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount McFarland earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 34.28% less than the national average, earning 227,461 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 58.68% more than the national average, earning R 377,076 per year; in United States they earn 2.89% less than the national average, earning $41,900 USD per year and in Canada they earn 7.06% more than the national average, earning $53,190 CAD per year.

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McFarland Reference & Research

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