Farland is used as a family name or surname in Ireland, Scotland. It is 7 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Farland
No. of characters: 7
Origin: Ireland, Scotland
Meaning:

Farland is the form of MacFarland. The son of Parlan or Partholon meaning "sea waves".

The surname Farland is a variant of Parlin. Descendant of little Par, a pet form of Peter meaning "rock".

How popular is Farland?

Farland is common in United States, South Africa.

Farland is ranked 223104 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Farlands plummeted by 15.84 per cent to 733 since 2000 and slipped by 5193 spots and ranked at 31554. The last name was found in around 2 per million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 81.17 84.5
Black 11.46 8.96
American Indian and Alaska Native 3.68 2.76
Hispanic or Latino 1.91 1.38
Farland is not so popular last name but still a prevalent family name common in United States. On the other hand, it is more oftenly used in New Zealand. Around 1825 people have been found who wears Farland as their family name. Farland is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with thousands of Farland:
26,034 United States1,299
Countries with hundreds of Farland:
15,541 South Africa406
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
9,120 New Zealand78
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
73,129 Australia19

Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Maid Ann Farland from Ireland aboard the Shenandoah from Liverpool during the Irish famine. She is registered to be 18 years old when she arrived in New-York on March 27, 1846. Michael Farland (20) Workman, Will Farland, aged 18, 16 years old Betsy Farland, 13 years old Biddy Farland, Merchant U Farland, Ketty Farland, aged 20, are other Farland that migrated to US.

From Germany

Betz Farland was 37 years old when she migrated to USA on July 9, 1881. She lived in Germany where she worked as servant and took Republic from Liverpool & Queenstown. Alb. Farland (Of unknown age) Laborer, are other Farland that migrated to US.

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