# McFarland (surname)

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

A surname from Scottish Gaelic.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Scottish Gaelic |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 41,300 |
| US rank (2010) | 835 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 7,476 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.6% (40,244 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Variant of McFarlane.

## Who carries it

Share of people named McFarland 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) | 79% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 16% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.6% |
| Two or more races | 2.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named McFarland in the United States.

## People named McFarland

- Hayley McFarland, American actress
- George McFarland, American child actor (1928–1993)
- Ernest McFarland, American politician and jurist from Arizona
- Gary McFarland, American composer, vibraphonist and vocalist (1933–1971)
- K. T. McFarland, American government official and political commentator
- T. J. McFarland, American baseball player
- Packey McFarland, American boxer (1888-1936)

## Similar surnames

Macfarland, McFarlane, McFarlin, McPartland, McBride, McPherson, McGovern, McCaffrey, McKeever, Mashburn, Macpherson, McIver.

## 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.