How common is the surname Macfarland?

1,826 people in the United States had the surname Macfarland in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 169,083 Americans. It ranked 15,912th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Macfarland?

In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Macfarland identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Macfarland getting more or less common?

More common. 1,777 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,826 in 2010, up 2.8%.

The surname Macfarland

A surname, carried by 1,826 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex M216

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Macfarland is more common than 90.2% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,826 people named Macfarland in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 169,083 Americans. That is up 2.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,777.

#15,912

rank among US surnames

1,826

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+2.8%

change since 2000 (was #15,207)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#15,903	Hohl	1,828	168,898
#15,907	Mullican	1,827	168,990
#15,912	Sautter	1,826	169,083

Who is named Macfarland

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

91% of people named Macfarland identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.6% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 91%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.9%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.6%
Two or more races 1.6%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Macfarland

Macfarland has the Soundex code M216, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M216.

Questions

How common is the surname Macfarland?: 1,826 people in the United States had the surname Macfarland in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 169,083 Americans. It ranked 15,912th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Macfarland?: In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Macfarland identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Macfarland getting more or less common?: More common. 1,777 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,826 in 2010, up 2.8%.