How common is the surname Macfarlane?

4,605 people in the United States had the surname Macfarlane in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 67,046 Americans. It ranked 7,243rd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Macfarlane?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Macfarlane identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Macfarlane?

Seth MacFarlane, American writer, actor, and producer (born 1973), followed by Rachael MacFarlane.

Where is the surname Macfarlane most common?

Wikidata records people named Macfarlane in the United States and the United Kingdom.

Is the surname Macfarlane getting more or less common?

More common. 4,437 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,605 in 2010, up 3.8%.

The surname Macfarlane

A surname, carried by 4,605 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). Macfarlane is more common than 95.5% of them.

Origin

A surname, an alternative form of MacFarlane.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,605 people named Macfarlane in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 67,046 Americans. That is up 3.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,437.

#7,243

rank among US surnames

4,605

people in 2010

1.6

per 100,000 Americans

+3.8%

change since 2000 (was #6,966)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,237	Hudgens	4,609	66,988
#7,238	Schlueter	4,608	67,002
#7,240	Goodell	4,607	67,017
#7,243	Keough	4,605	67,046

Who is named Macfarlane

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

93% of people named Macfarlane identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.7% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.7%
Two or more races 1.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Macfarlanes

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Seth MacFarlane
American writer, actor, and producer (born 1973)
Rachael MacFarlane
American voice actress, born 1976
Catharine Macfarlane
American obstetrician and gynecologist, 1877–1969
Alan Macfarlane
British anthropologist, born 1941

Notable Macfarlanes come mostly from the United States (3) and the United Kingdom (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Macfarlane

Macfarlane 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 Macfarlane?: 4,605 people in the United States had the surname Macfarlane in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 67,046 Americans. It ranked 7,243rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Macfarlane?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Macfarlane identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Macfarlane?: Seth MacFarlane, American writer, actor, and producer (born 1973), followed by Rachael MacFarlane.
Where is the surname Macfarlane most common?: Wikidata records people named Macfarlane in the United States and the United Kingdom.
Is the surname Macfarlane getting more or less common?: More common. 4,437 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,605 in 2010, up 3.8%.