Farrell

Farrell is the 658th most common surname in the United States, shared by 50,453 people at the 2020 census. That is about one person in 5,924.

By the numbers

People: 50,453
Rank: 658th
How common: 1 in 5,924
Per 100,000: 16.9

Where the name comes from

Origin Irish

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

Who bears the name

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

White, not Hispanic 87.3%
Black, not Hispanic 4.5%
Hispanic or Latino 3.8%
Two or more races, not Hispanic 3.1%
Asian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic 0.9%
American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic 0.4%

Notable people called Farrell

Colin Farrell (born 1976)Irish actor
Bobby Farrell (1949–2010)Dutch dancer and singer
Dave Farrell (born 1977)American bassist
Kevin Farrell (born 1947)Irish-American Roman Catholic cardinal
Warren Farrell (born 1943)author, spokesperson, expert witness, political candidate
Terry Farrell (born 1963)American actress and model
Yvonne Farrell (born 1951)Irish architect
Glenda Farrell (1904–1971)American actress

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

Surnames like Farrell

Also a first name

Farrell has been given to 4,827 American babies as a first name since 1902, peaking in 1935. 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.