Farrar is used as a family name or surname in German. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Farrar
No. of characters: 6
Origin: German
Meaning: A corruption of Farrier, a name of trade. Pfarrer, in German, a minister

How popular is Farrar?

Farrar is common in United States.

Farrar is ranked 18620 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Farrar bearers increased by 3.051692 per cent in 2010 US census to 14892 since 2000, the surname slipped by 133 spots and ranked at 2434. The last name was found in around 50 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 80.05 81.93
Black 13.87 13.81
Hispanic or Latino 2.87 1.62
Others 2.1 1.85
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.62 0.45
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.49 0.35
Farrar is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while England is ahead in terms of density. Around 27987 people have been found who wears Farrar as their family name. Farrar is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
13,220 Thailand6
11,480 Japan4
10,542 China4
8,411 Costa Rica4
723,167 Indonesia2
21,529 Singapore2
54,641 Sweden2
1,777 Jersey2
5,630 Northern Ireland2
31,584 Peru1
53,033 Nigeria1
492,292 Ukraine1
101,414 Kyrgyzstan1
7,895 South Korea1
37,493 Austria1
971 Seychelles1
50,307 Saudi Arabia1
3,993 El Salvador1
25,721 Egypt1
24,771 Colombia1
34,581 Chile1
2,374 Bermuda1
10,958 Bangladesh1
7,191 Afghanistan1
29,595 Iran1
17,575 Kuwait1
16,073 Latvia1
1,421 Saint Lucia1
24,176 Qatar1
21,562 Portugal1
66,560 Philippines1
9,591 Panama1
47,891 Norway1
153,416 Italy1
3,307 Malta1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
155,398 France49
45,082 Spain45
319,538 India32
29,383 United Arab Emirates31
62,494 Netherlands22
52,530 Belgium22
406,964 Russia14
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
3,257 Hong Kong71
Countries with hundreds of Farrar:
6,281 Canada682
9,056 Kenya549
18,360 South Africa329
38,477 Germany269
3,519 New Zealand218
3,317 Scotland190
2,468 Ireland180
2,488 Wales158
75,961 Brazil111
27,127 Mexico105
Countries with thousands of Farrar:
1,737 England4,582
1,988 Australia1,593
Countries with ten thousands of Farrar:
2,158 United States18,681
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Immigrant Thomas Farrar from Roscommon-C, Ireland aboard the William Wirt from Liverpool during the Irish famine. He is registered to be 18 years old when he arrived in New-York on February 28, 1851. Mary Farrar (16) Workwoman, Mary Farrar (19) Workwoman, are others that migrated to US.

Farrar Namesakes

  • Sam Farrar, Musician
  • Geraldine Farrar, Soprano
  • Robert Farrar, Writer
  • Charles Farrar Browne, Writer
  • Charles Farrar Browne, Writer
  • Jay Farrar, Songwriter
  • Charles Farrar Browne, Writer
  • Charles Farrar Browne, Writer
  • Jay Farrar, Songwriter
  • Deniro Farrar, Musical Artist
  • Justin Farrar played crucial character of N in 0 action and crime movie Anjels of Lion City.
  • In 2013 comedy flick, Marko Friday Night, Gary Farrar portrayed Drew.
  • In 2015 adventure and drama film, 101 Secrets, Roth Farrar characterized Panda.

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