# Farquhar (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/farquhar/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A Scottish surname from Scottish Gaelic.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Scottish Gaelic |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 2,714 |
| US rank (2010) | 11,584 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 113,760 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.9% (2,664 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈfɑɹxəɹ/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Scottish Gaelic Fearchar. Related to fear (“man”), combined with còir (“just, honest, good”), car (“friendly”)), or ciar (“dark grey”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Farquhar in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 91% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 3.5% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.6% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.7% |
| Two or more races | 1.8% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Farquhar in the United States and the Kingdom of Great Britain.

## People named Farquhar

- Marion Jones Farquhar, American tennis player (1879–1965)
- William Farquhar, British colonial administrator
- Jane Colden, American botanist (1724-1766)
- Busdriver, American rapper

## Similar surnames

Farquharson, Frazier, Fraser, Frasier, Frazer, Forcier, Freshour, Foraker, Fergerson, Frasure, Frasher, Fraizer.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.