How common is the surname McFarlin?

4,471 people in the United States had the surname McFarlin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 69,055 Americans. It ranked 7,453rd of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname McFarlin getting more or less common?

More common. 4,295 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,471 in 2010, up 4.1%.

The surname McFarlin

A surname, carried by 4,471 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). McFarlin is more common than 95.4% of them.

Origin

Variant of McFarlane.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,471 people named McFarlin in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 69,055 Americans. That is up 4.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,295.

#7,453

rank among US surnames

4,471

people in 2010

1.5

per 100,000 Americans

+4.1%

change since 2000 (was #7,166)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,445	Seymore	4,474	69,009
#7,446	Topete	4,473	69,024
#7,450	Balch	4,472	69,040
#7,453	Deen	4,471	69,055
#7,455	Dressler	4,470	69,071
#7,457	Bessette	4,469	69,086
#7,459	Swaney	4,468	69,102

Who is named McFarlin

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

73% of people named McFarlin identified as white (not Hispanic), 22% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 73%
Black (not Hispanic) 22%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
Two or more races 2.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like McFarlin

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

Questions

Where does the surname McFarlin come from?: Variant of McFarlane.
How common is the surname McFarlin?: 4,471 people in the United States had the surname McFarlin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 69,055 Americans. It ranked 7,453rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname McFarlin?: In the 2010 Census, 73% of people named McFarlin identified as white (not Hispanic), and 22% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname McFarlin getting more or less common?: More common. 4,295 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,471 in 2010, up 4.1%.