The MCFARLANE surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
	Total	Rank	Frequency %	Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot)	8,160	3995	0.003	30
United States (1880 census)	69	40356	0	1
Change since 1880	+8091	+36361	+N/A	+29
Other Countries
Australia	3,330	451	0.02	204
United Kingdom	8,850	679	0.019	193

Top States for MCFARLANE by Total
State	Total	Rank in State	Frequency %	Per million people
New York	1,143	1571	0.006	60
Florida	1,033	1955	0.006	65
California	719	4065	0.002	21
Washington	357	2025	0.006	61
Michigan	345	3419	0.003	35
Top States for MCFARLANE by Frequency
State	Total	Rank in State	Frequency %	Per million people
South Dakota	49	2393	0.006	65
Florida	1,033	1955	0.006	65
Wisconsin	345	1983	0.006	64
Wyoming	30	2121	0.006	61
Washington	357	2025	0.006	61

Notes

Total is the total number of people with that surname.
Rank is the position in the list of names ordered by total (eg, a rank of 1 means that it's the most common name, and a rank of 10 means it's the tenth most common, etc).
Frequency is the percentage of people with that surname.
Per million people is the number of people with that surname per million of the population.

'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 MCFARLANE live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called MCFARLANE represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called MCFARLANE in New York than any other state, but you are more likely to find a MCFARLANE by picking someone at random in South Dakota than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of MCFARLANE

Region of origin: British Isles

Country of origin: Scotland

Language of origin: Gaelic

Ethnic origin: Celtic

Religious origin: Christian

Name derivation: From name of parent

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the MCFARLANE 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 MCFARLANE 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 MCFARLANE in the USA

Classification	Total	Percent
White (Hispanic)	297	3.64
Mixed Race	189	2.32
Asian/Pacific	33	0.4
Native American/Alaskan	32	0.39
White (Caucasian)	4,956	60.74
Black/African American	2,653	32.51

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

Similar names to MCFARLANE

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as MCFARLANE.

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.