McFarlen Surname

709,895th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 413 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Saint Lucia

McFarlen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

McFarlen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3971:912,99568,645
Canada1571:234,68522,439
Australia111:2,454,155103,534
Panama21:1,956,12915,285
Saint Lucia21:89,3902,918
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Belize11:355,4743,977
Cuba11:11,522,71617,380
England11:55,718,059489,080
Grenada11:108,5351,793
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England281:870,54937,307
Scotland91:415,91311,811
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2151:233,57519,635

McFarlen (14) may also be a first name.

McFarlen Last Name Facts

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

McFarlen is more frequently found in The United States than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name McFarlen? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 709,895th most frequently occurring family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 17,645,390 people. McFarlen is predominantly found in The Americas, where 136 percent of McFarlen reside; 134 percent reside in North America and 134 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 3,024,661st most prevalent forename on earth, borne by 14 people.

This last name is most commonly held in The United States, where it is borne by 397 people, or 1 in 912,995. In The United States McFarlen is primarily concentrated in: Texas, where 21 percent live, Alabama, where 19 percent live and California, where 10 percent live. Without taking into account The United States this surname occurs in 11 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 38 percent live and Australia, where 3 percent live.

McFarlen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of McFarlen has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name grew 185 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it fell 96 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it fell 89 percent between 1881 and 2014.

McFarlen Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the McFarlen surname are 3.65% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 56.88% registered to vote for the party.

The amount McFarlen earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 8.86% more than the national average, earning $46,973 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.69% more than the national average, earning $50,028 CAD per year.

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 McFarlen
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