McFarlane Surname
Approximately 37,116 people bear this surname
McFarlane Surname Definition:
(Celtic + Hebrew) Son of [Parlan or Partholan = Bartholomew, q.v. [Gaelic Mac Pharlain, genit. of Parlan]
Read More About This SurnameMcFarlane Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 12,128 | 1:29,886 | 3,712 |
| Australia | 8,260 | 1:3,268 | 460 |
| England | 7,330 | 1:7,601 | 1,114 |
| Jamaica | 7,062 | 1:406 | 73 |
| Scotland | 6,689 | 1:800 | 110 |
| Canada | 6,372 | 1:5,782 | 839 |
| New Zealand | 1,669 | 1:2,713 | 391 |
| South Africa | 875 | 1:61,917 | 7,805 |
| Northern Ireland | 813 | 1:2,269 | 473 |
| Panama | 459 | 1:8,523 | 826 |
| Saint Lucia | 360 | 1:497 | 89 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 268 | 1:5,089 | 821 |
| Ireland | 240 | 1:19,621 | 2,041 |
| Wales | 218 | 1:14,195 | 1,564 |
| Guyana | 205 | 1:3,718 | 674 |
| Cayman Islands | 122 | 1:524 | 83 |
| Costa Rica | 101 | 1:47,327 | 1,112 |
| Dominican Republic | 100 | 1:104,329 | 4,466 |
| Grenada | 78 | 1:1,391 | 257 |
| Guatemala | 62 | 1:259,398 | 4,221 |
| Belize | 54 | 1:6,583 | 1,042 |
| Thailand | 44 | 1:1,605,417 | 210,847 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 43 | 1:2,567 | 442 |
| Singapore | 39 | 1:141,223 | 6,278 |
| Aruba | 37 | 1:2,797 | 396 |
| Peru | 29 | 1:1,096,004 | 19,774 |
| Spain | 29 | 1:1,612,139 | 47,760 |
| France | 28 | 1:2,372,240 | 182,981 |
| Portugal | 28 | 1:372,080 | 12,265 |
| Brazil | 18 | 1:11,893,018 | 236,958 |
| Germany | 18 | 1:4,472,526 | 177,866 |
| Netherlands | 18 | 1:938,176 | 63,634 |
| Botswana | 17 | 1:128,643 | 18,229 |
| Philippines | 17 | 1:5,955,190 | 180,670 |
| Qatar | 16 | 1:147,375 | 16,023 |
| Venezuela | 15 | 1:2,013,605 | 24,362 |
| Barbados | 14 | 1:20,532 | 1,076 |
| Isle of Man | 14 | 1:6,130 | 1,329 |
| Malaysia | 14 | 1:2,106,730 | 83,604 |
| Zimbabwe | 13 | 1:1,187,557 | 68,998 |
| Argentina | 12 | 1:3,561,951 | 138,643 |
| Jersey | 12 | 1:8,267 | 1,718 |
| India | 11 | 1:69,733,217 | 610,955 |
| Norway | 11 | 1:467,481 | 39,375 |
| Sweden | 10 | 1:984,676 | 73,605 |
| Hong Kong | 9 | 1:815,054 | 3,802 |
| Belgium | 7 | 1:1,642,378 | 98,400 |
| Monaco | 7 | 1:5,295 | 668 |
| Switzerland | 6 | 1:1,368,819 | 77,571 |
| Bahamas | 5 | 1:78,350 | 887 |
| Bolivia | 4 | 1:2,654,108 | 7,945 |
| Brunei | 4 | 1:104,683 | 2,048 |
| China | 4 | 1:341,830,392 | 16,990 |
| Italy | 4 | 1:15,289,172 | 132,955 |
| Malta | 4 | 1:107,568 | 1,849 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Czechia | 3 | 1:3,544,490 | 144,714 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| Mexico | 3 | 1:41,375,402 | 71,397 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| Cambodia | 2 | 1:7,743,573 | 11,959 |
| Chile | 2 | 1:8,808,237 | 65,417 |
| Colombia | 2 | 1:23,887,036 | 32,612 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| Kazakhstan | 2 | 1:8,841,248 | 174,813 |
| Montserrat | 2 | 1:2,474 | 299 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 2 | 1:27,600 | 1,126 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 2 | 1:56,330 | 1,327 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Andorra | 1 | 1:83,838 | 2,381 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 1 | 1:99,171 | 2,137 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Bermuda | 1 | 1:65,279 | 3,010 |
| British Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:31,594 | 1,029 |
| Cuba | 1 | 1:11,522,716 | 17,380 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Gibraltar | 1 | 1:33,954 | 1,660 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1:8,816,442 | 9,272 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Sierra Leone | 1 | 1:7,089,631 | 1,533 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Swaziland | 1 | 1:1,298,199 | 1,718 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 467 | 1:9,486 | 1,395 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 11,144 | 1:336 | 52 |
| England | 1,759 | 1:13,858 | 2,076 |
| Wales | 33 | 1:47,528 | 2,451 |
| Isle of Man | 5 | 1:10,854 | 1,028 |
| Jersey | 3 | 1:17,294 | 2,528 |
| Guernsey | 1 | 1:32,656 | 2,283 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,073 | 1:46,802 | 5,376 |
McFarlane (48) may also be a first name.
McFarlane 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]
User-submitted Reference
McFarlane is a Scottish surname, meaning 'son of Pharlan or Partholon'.
- deleted-173293McFarlane Demographics
Average Male McFarlane Height
176.87 cm
Average Female McFarlane Height
163.88 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
McFarlane Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name McFarlane Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname McFarlane is borne by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name McFarlane? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 15,009th most frequent last name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 196,345 people. It occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 67 percent of McFarlane are found; 42 percent are found in North America and 42 percent are found in Anglo-North America. McFarlane is also the 1,448,253rd most commonly held given name world-wide, borne by 48 people.
McFarlane is most common in The United States, where it is held by 12,128 people, or 1 in 29,886. In The United States it is most numerous in: Florida, where 11 percent reside, California, where 9 percent reside and Texas, where 5 percent reside. Barring The United States this surname is found in 107 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 22 percent reside and England, where 20 percent reside.
McFarlane Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of McFarlane has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname expanded 1,130 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 417 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it contracted 40 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it contracted 49 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in Wales it expanded 661 percent between 1881 and 2014.
McFarlane Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is chiefly Presbyterian (45%) in Ireland.
In The United States those bearing the McFarlane surname are 0.52% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 53.75% being registered with the party.
The amount McFarlane earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 5.79% more than the national average, earning 366,102 kr per year; in Peru they earn 468.61% more than the national average, earning S/. 110,225 per year; in South Africa they earn 61.71% more than the national average, earning R 384,288 per year; in United States they earn 9.08% more than the national average, earning $47,069 USD per year and in Canada they earn 7.84% more than the national average, earning $53,579 CAD per year.
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McFarlane Reference & Research
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