How common is the surname Farquhar?

2,714 people in the United States had the surname Farquhar in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 113,760 Americans. It ranked 11,584th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Farquhar?

Marion Jones Farquhar, American tennis player (1879–1965), followed by William Farquhar.

Where is the surname Farquhar most common?

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

How do you pronounce Farquhar?

Farquhar is /ˈfɑɹxəɹ/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Farquhar getting more or less common?

More common. 2,664 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,714 in 2010, up 1.9%.

The surname Farquhar

A Scottish Gaelic surname, carried by 2,714 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈfɑɹxəɹ/ 2 syllables Soundex F626

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Farquhar is more common than 92.9% of them.

Origin

Scottish Gaelic origin

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

One of 277 Scottish Gaelic surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,714 people named Farquhar in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 113,760 Americans. That is up 1.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,664.

#11,584

rank among US surnames

2,714

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

+1.9%

change since 2000 (was #10,956)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,576	Albarado	2,716	113,677
#11,578	Gutowski	2,715	113,718
#11,584	Farquhar	2,714	113,760
#11,585	Crothers	2,713	113,802
#11,587	Marconi	2,712	113,844
#11,588	Didomenico	2,711	113,886
#11,589	Tomko	2,710	113,928

Who is named Farquhar

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

91% of people named Farquhar identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.5% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Farquhars

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Marion Jones Farquhar
American tennis player (1879–1965)
William Farquhar
British colonial administrator, 1770–1839
Jane Colden
American botanist (1724-1766)
Busdriver
American rapper, born 1978

Notable Farquhars come mostly from the United States (3) and the Kingdom of Great Britain (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Farquhar

Farquharson

Farquhar has the Soundex code F626, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F626.

Other Scottish Gaelic surnames

All 277 Scottish Gaelic surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Farquhar come from?: From Scottish Gaelic Fearchar. Related to fear (“man”), combined with còir (“just, honest, good”), car (“friendly”)), or ciar (“dark grey”).
How common is the surname Farquhar?: 2,714 people in the United States had the surname Farquhar in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 113,760 Americans. It ranked 11,584th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Farquhar?: In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Farquhar identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.5% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Farquhar?: Marion Jones Farquhar, American tennis player (1879–1965), followed by William Farquhar.
Where is the surname Farquhar most common?: Wikidata records people named Farquhar in the United States and the Kingdom of Great Britain.
How do you pronounce Farquhar?: Farquhar is /ˈfɑɹxəɹ/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Farquhar getting more or less common?: More common. 2,664 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,714 in 2010, up 1.9%.