Farrow

See also: farrow

English

Etymology

Hypercorrected form of Farrar, where the original ending -ar was regarded as an error and consequently changed to -ow.

Proper noun

Farrow (countable and uncountable, plural Farrows)

1. A surname.
2. A former community in Vulcan County, Alberta, Canada.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Farrow is the 3353^rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 10672 individuals. Farrow is most common among White (65.94%) and Black/African American (27.46%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Farrow”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 553.
• Farrow, Alberta on Wikipedia.Wikipedia