How common is the surname Farrelly?

1,487 people in the United States had the surname Farrelly in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 207,630 Americans. It ranked 18,550th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Farrelly?

In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Farrelly identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Farrelly?

Peter Farrelly, American film director, producer and screenwriter, followed by Bobby Farrelly.

Where is the surname Farrelly most common?

Wikidata records people named Farrelly in the United States and Australia.

Is the surname Farrelly getting more or less common?

More common. 1,431 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,487 in 2010, up 3.9%.

The surname Farrelly

A surname, carried by 1,487 people in the United States.

3 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). Farrelly is more common than 88.6% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,487 people named Farrelly in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 207,630 Americans. That is up 3.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,431.

#18,550

rank among US surnames

1,487

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+3.9%

change since 2000 (was #17,984)

Who is named Farrelly

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

91% of people named Farrelly identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.7% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 91%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.2%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.3%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Farrellys

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Peter Farrelly
American film director, producer and screenwriter, born 1956
Bobby Farrelly
American film producer, born 1958
Grayson Waller
Australian professional wrestler (born 1990)

Notable Farrellys come mostly from the United States (2) and Australia (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Farrelly

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

Questions

How common is the surname Farrelly?: 1,487 people in the United States had the surname Farrelly in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 207,630 Americans. It ranked 18,550th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Farrelly?: In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Farrelly identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Farrelly?: Peter Farrelly, American film director, producer and screenwriter, followed by Bobby Farrelly.
Where is the surname Farrelly most common?: Wikidata records people named Farrelly in the United States and Australia.
Is the surname Farrelly getting more or less common?: More common. 1,431 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,487 in 2010, up 3.9%.