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The FARRAR surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
Total Rank Frequency % Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot) 14,451 2301 0.005 54
United States (1880 census) 3,881 1579 0.008 78
Change since 1880 +10570 -722 -0.003 -24
Other Countries
Australia 810 2004 0.005 50
United Kingdom 3,651 1713 0.008 79
Top States for FARRAR by Total
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Texas 1,226 1941 0.006 59
California 1,060 2920 0.003 31
Virginia 821 1093 0.012 116
North Carolina 751 1591 0.009 93
Tennessee 645 1357 0.011 113
Top States for FARRAR by Frequency
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Maine 456 510 0.036 358
Vermont 183 505 0.030 301
Virginia 821 1093 0.012 116
Tennessee 645 1357 0.011 113
Mississippi 318 1323 0.011 112

Notes

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called FARRAR live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called FARRAR represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called FARRAR in Texas than any other state, but you are more likely to find a FARRAR by picking someone at random in Maine than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of FARRAR

Region of origin: British Isles

Country of origin: England

Language of origin: English

Ethnic origin: English

Religious origin: Christian

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the FARRAR surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the language spoken, or religion practised, by the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Data for ethnic origin relates to the region and country in which the FARRAR surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the ethnicity of the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of FARRAR in the USA

Classification Total Percent
Mixed Race 267 1.85
White (Hispanic) 234 1.62
Asian/Pacific 65 0.45
Native American/Alaskan 51 0.35
White (Caucasian) 11,840 81.93
Black/African American 1,996 13.81

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the FARRAR surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Meaning of FARRAR in historical publications

A corruption of Farrier, a name of trade. Pfarrer, in German, a minister.

Arthur, William (1857) An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names. New York: Sheldon, Blakeman. Public Domain.


FARRAR. FARRER. Probably a corruption of Fair-hair, answering to Le Blond, Harfager, &c. In the H.R. we have Fayrher. In a document of the year 1555, a Norfolk incumbent is called John Fayrhawr, alias Farrar. Blomefield's Norfolk, vii. 286. 2. Perhaps another form of Ferrers.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.


Similar names to FARRAR

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as FARRAR.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.

Matches are generated automatically by a combination of Soundex, Metaphone and Levenshtein matching.

Potential typos for FARRAR

The following words are slight variants of FARRAR that are likely to be possible typos or misspellings in written material.