McFarland

English

Etymology

Variant of McFarlane.

Proper noun

McFarland (countable and uncountable, plural McFarlands)

1. A surname from Scottish Gaelic.
2. A city in Kern County, California, United States. Former names: Hunt, Lone Pine.
3. A village in Dane County, Wisconsin, United States.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, McFarland is the 835^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 41300 individuals. McFarland is most common among White (78.85%) and Black/African American (15.64%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “McFarland”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 552.