# McFarlane (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/mcfarlane/  
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 | patronymic, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 9,319 |
| US rank (2010) | 3,795 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 33,131 people |
| Change since 2000 | +14% (8,160 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Pharthaláin (“son of Parthalán”), probably a Gaelicized form of the personal name Bartholomew.

## Who carries it

Share of people named McFarlane 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) | 53% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 38% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 5.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 2.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named McFarlane in the United States, Jamaica, the United Kingdom and Canada.

## People named McFarlane

- Danny McFarlane, Athletics (sport) competitor
- Robert McFarlane, American Marine Corps officer and National Security Advisor (1937–2022)
- Colin McFarlane, British actor
- Tracey McFarlane, American swimmer
- Mustard, American record producer (born 1990)

## Similar surnames

Macfarlane, McFarlin, McFarland, McPartland, McFerren, McBride, McPherson, McGovern, McCaffrey, McKeever, Mashburn, Macpherson.

## 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.