# Farr (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 20,011 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,794 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 15,429 people |
| Change since 2000 | +4.0% (19,242 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

English surname, from Old English fearr (“bull”). As a German surname, of the same meaning and source (Farre).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Farr 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) | 83% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 12% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.4% |
| Two or more races | 1.8% |

## Where

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

## People named Farr

- Diane Farr, American actress
- Jamie Farr, actor
- Felicia Farr, actress
- Sam Farr, American politician
- Tommy Farr, British boxer (1913-1986)
- Patricia Farr, actress (1913-1948)
- Tyler Farr, American country singer

## Similar surnames

Fair, Farrow, Furr, Farah, Faria, Fear, Farrah, Fry, Frye, Frey, Fierro, Ferry.

## 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.