Farley

36,293 people in the United States were counted with the surname Farley in the 2020 census, making it the 945th most common in the country. That is about one person in 8,236.

By the numbers

People: 36,293
Rank: 945th
How common: 1 in 8,236
Per 100,000: 12.1

Where the name comes from

Origin Old English

From Old English fearn (“fern”) + lēah (“woodland”). Equivalent to and doublet.

Etymology from Wiktionary, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Who bears the name

How people with the surname Farley described their own race and Hispanic origin at the 2020 census:

White, not Hispanic 81.0%
Black, not Hispanic 10.6%
Two or more races, not Hispanic 3.7%
Hispanic or Latino 3.3%
American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic 0.8%
Asian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic 0.7%

Notable people called Farley

Chris Farley (1964–1997)American actor and comedian
John Murphy Farley (1842–1918)Catholic cardinal
Melissa Farley (born 1942)American psychologist
Dot Farley (1881–1971)American actress and scenario writer
Kevin Farley (born 1965)American actor and singer
James Farley (1888–1976)American politician
Morgan Farley (1898–1988)American actor

People named Farley with articles in the most Wikipedia languages. Data from Wikidata (CC0).

Surnames like Farley

Also a first name

Farley has been given to 1,097 American babies as a first name since 1884, peaking in 1952. See it as a given name.

Try it on yourself

Source: US Census Bureau, Frequently Occurring Surnames, 2020. The Census describes the file as the surnames borne by 100 or more people; rarer names are not published. The line is not quite exact, and 617 published names come in under it, the smallest at 92 people. Race and Hispanic origin are self-reported. Rates are worked out against the 298.9 million people the file's own figures are calculated on, which is fewer than the census counted in all: the difference is everyone whose surname was too rare to publish.