How common is the surname Farrell?

52,321 people in the United States had the surname Farrell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 5,901 Americans. It ranked 652nd of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Farrell?

Dave Farrell, American bassist, followed by Terry Farrell.

Where is the surname Farrell most common?

Wikidata records people named Farrell in the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia and 1 other country.

How do you pronounce Farrell?

Farrell is /ˈfæɹ.əl/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Farrell getting more or less common?

More common. 51,095 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 52,321 in 2010, up 2.4%.

The surname Farrell

An Irish surname, carried by 52,321 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈfæɹ.əl/ 2 syllables Soundex F640

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Farrell is more common than 99.6% of them.

Origin

Irish origin

A surname from Irish.

One of 880 Irish surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 52,321 people named Farrell in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 5,901 Americans. That is up 2.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 51,095.

#652

rank among US surnames

52,321

people in 2010

per 100,000 Americans

+2.4%

change since 2000 (was #599)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#643	Hodge	52,920	5,834
#644	Villa	52,817	5,846
#645	Abbott	52,739	5,854
#646	Allison	52,701	5,858
#647	Tapia	52,651	5,864
#648	Gates	52,569	5,873
#649	Chase	52,481	5,883

Who is named Farrell

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

90% of people named Farrell identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.8% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 90%
Black (not Hispanic) 4.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
Two or more races 1.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Farrells

27 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Dave Farrell
American bassist, born 1977
Terry Farrell
American actress and model (born 1963)
Warren Farrell
Author, spokesperson, expert witness, political candidate, born 1943
Glenda Farrell
American actress (1904–1971)
Charles Farrell
American actor (1900/1901–1990)
Mike Farrell
American actor and producer (born 1939)
Suzanne Farrell
American ballerina, born 1945
Sharon Farrell
American actress (1940–2023)
Perry Farrell
American singer, songwriter and musician, born 1959
James Thomas Farrell
American writer (1904–1979)
Jeff Farrell
American swimmer, born 1937
John Farrell
American speed skater (1906–1994)

Notable Farrells come mostly from the United States (21), the United Kingdom (3) and Australia (2).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Ferrall

Surnames that sound like Farrell

Farrell has the Soundex code F640, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F640.

Other Irish surnames

All 880 Irish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Farrell come from?: Farrell is Irish in origin.
How common is the surname Farrell?: 52,321 people in the United States had the surname Farrell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 5,901 Americans. It ranked 652nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Farrell?: In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Farrell identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.8% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Farrell?: Dave Farrell, American bassist, followed by Terry Farrell.
Where is the surname Farrell most common?: Wikidata records people named Farrell in the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia and 1 other country.
How do you pronounce Farrell?: Farrell is /ˈfæɹ.əl/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Farrell getting more or less common?: More common. 51,095 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 52,321 in 2010, up 2.4%.
What are other spellings of Farrell?: Ferrall.