McFarland Surname
Approximately 58,075 people bear this surname
McFarland Surname Definition:
(Celtic + Hebrew) Son of [Parlan or Partholan = Bartholomew, q.v. [Gaelic Mac Pharlain, genit. of Parlan]
McFarland Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 55,000 | 1:6,590 | 776 |
| Northern Ireland | 1,737 | 1:1,062 | 208 |
| Canada | 1,490 | 1:24,729 | 3,341 |
| Australia | 1,412 | 1:19,119 | 2,646 |
| England | 1,103 | 1:50,515 | 6,260 |
| Scotland | 262 | 1:20,434 | 2,370 |
| New Zealand | 218 | 1:20,772 | 3,637 |
| Ireland | 117 | 1:40,247 | 3,159 |
| South Africa | 94 | 1:576,359 | 44,560 |
| Wales | 73 | 1:42,391 | 4,090 |
| Philippines | 46 | 1:2,200,831 | 124,033 |
| Brazil | 24 | 1:8,919,764 | 194,226 |
| Thailand | 23 | 1:3,071,232 | 294,953 |
| Germany | 20 | 1:4,025,273 | 167,743 |
| France | 17 | 1:3,907,219 | 231,005 |
| India | 15 | 1:51,137,692 | 512,385 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| Netherlands | 12 | 1:1,407,265 | 75,423 |
| Japan | 12 | 1:10,653,691 | 45,407 |
| Liberia | 10 | 1:440,854 | 21,753 |
| Isle of Man | 10 | 1:8,582 | 1,778 |
| Spain | 9 | 1:5,194,671 | 82,436 |
| Panama | 9 | 1:434,695 | 8,518 |
| Guam | 8 | 1:20,015 | 3,029 |
| Hong Kong | 8 | 1:916,935 | 4,774 |
| Mexico | 7 | 1:17,732,315 | 50,495 |
| Norway | 7 | 1:734,612 | 50,907 |
| Malaysia | 6 | 1:4,915,704 | 170,578 |
| American Samoa | 6 | 1:9,293 | 1,961 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Chile | 6 | 1:2,936,079 | 35,997 |
| Jersey | 5 | 1:19,840 | 3,614 |
| South Korea | 5 | 1:10,248,051 | 1,694 |
| Russia | 5 | 1:28,824,611 | 530,332 |
| China | 5 | 1:273,464,313 | 13,838 |
| Poland | 5 | 1:7,601,750 | 167,855 |
| Afghanistan | 4 | 1:8,038,296 | 30,874 |
| Samoa | 4 | 1:48,452 | 659 |
| Falkland Islands | 4 | 1:783 | 169 |
| Israel | 3 | 1:2,852,545 | 113,505 |
| Vietnam | 3 | 1:30,882,018 | 4,101 |
| Peru | 3 | 1:10,594,708 | 45,902 |
| Oman | 2 | 1:1,843,986 | 9,590 |
| Guatemala | 2 | 1:8,041,334 | 9,698 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Venezuela | 2 | 1:15,102,038 | 69,873 |
| Czechia | 2 | 1:5,316,734 | 169,646 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 1,560 | 1:2,840 | 532 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 284 | 1:85,829 | 9,036 |
| Scotland | 99 | 1:37,810 | 2,945 |
| Wales | 2 | 1:784,208 | 16,349 |
| Jersey | 2 | 1:25,941 | 3,069 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 13,323 | 1:3,769 | 459 |
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]
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.
McFarland Demographics
McFarland Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Religious Adherence
in Ireland
McFarland Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name McFarland Come From? nationality or country of origin
McFarland is found most in The United States. It can occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name McFarland? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 9,726th most commonly held last name on earth. It is borne by around 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. McFarland is also the 1,181,159th most frequent first name worldwide. It is borne by 68 people.
The surname McFarland is most widely held in The United States, where it is held by 55,000 people, or 1 in 6,590. In The United States McFarland is most numerous in: Texas, where 10 percent are found, California, where 9 percent are found and Ohio, where 6 percent are found. Aside from The United States this last name is found in 68 countries. It is also found in Northern Ireland, where 3 percent are found and Canada, where 3 percent are found.
McFarland Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of McFarland has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the McFarland last name increased 413 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 388 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it increased 265 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it decreased 92 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in Wales it increased 3,650 percent between 1881 and 2014.
McFarland Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the surname is primarily Anglican (45%) in Ireland.
In The United States those bearing the McFarland last name are 13.3% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 60.07% being registered with 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.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| MacFarland | 95 | 3,104 | / |
| Mcfarlande | 95 | 17 | / |
| McCfarland | 95 | 3 | / |
| McFairland | 95 | 3 | / |
| McFarlandd | 95 | 2 | / |
| McFaraland | 95 | 2 | / |
| McFareland | 95 | 2 | / |
| McFfarland | 95 | 1 | / |
| McFarrland | 95 | 1 | / |
| McFarlannd | 95 | 1 | / |
| McKfarland | 95 | 1 | / |
| McFarlland | 95 | 1 | / |
| Mmcfarland | 95 | 1 | / |
| McFariland | 95 | 0 | / |
| McFarlnd | 94 | 2 | / |
| McFrland | 94 | 1 | / |
| Mac-Farland | 90 | 13 | / |
| MacKfarland | 90 | 7 | / |
| MacFarlands | 90 | 4 | / |
| MacFarlande | 90 | 1 | / |
| McFarlandii | 90 | 1 | / |
| MacFarlandd | 90 | 0 | / |
| McFarreland | 90 | 0 | / |
| McFarlind | 89 | 20 | / |
| McFarlend | 89 | 17 | / |
| McForland | 89 | 5 | / |
| McFerland | 89 | 5 | / |
| McFraland | 89 | 3 | / |
| McFaralnd | 89 | 2 | / |
| McFarlant | 89 | 1 | / |
| McFarlnad | 89 | 1 | / |
| MacFarlnd | 89 | 1 | / |
| McFarlond | 89 | 0 | / |
| McFarlynd | 89 | 0 | / |
| McFurland | 89 | 0 | / |
| McFarlund | 89 | 0 | / |
| McPharland | 84 | 6 | / |
| MacFurland | 84 | 3 | / |
| Makfarland | 84 | 2 | / |
| McFarlinde | 84 | 1 | / |
| MacFraland | 84 | 1 | / |
| MacFarlind | 84 | 1 | / |
| McFerrland | 84 | 0 | / |
| McFreeland | 84 | 0 | / |
| McFralnd | 82 | 1 | / |
| McFirlind | 78 | 1 | / |
| McForlund | 78 | 0 | / |
| Makfarlend | 74 | 6 | / |
| McPhurland | 74 | 0 | / |
| Mekafrlyand | 70 | 1 | / |
| McFarlane-White | 67 | 1 | / |
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