Last Name MCFARLAND

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Meaning	The son of 'Pharlan,' or 'Partholan,' the Gaelic for Bartholomew. Malcom McFarlane, descended from Alwyn, Earl ol Lennox, founder of the clan McFarlane, lived about 1344, in the reign of Malcom IV, King of Scotland. Tradition gives the following fabulous origin of the name. A nephew of one of the old Earls of Lennox, having killed, in a quarrel, his uncle's cook, was obliged to flee the country. Returning after many years, he built a castle upon an island above Inversnaid. in the Highlands, where he, and the island after him, received the appellation of Farland. Hence McFarland, the son of him who came from the Far-land.

Origin	Jewish, Dutch, Irish

Rank	782 (2000 US census)	816 (1990 US census)

Count	40,244 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

80.85%, or 32537 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
15.39%, or 6194 total occurrences, as black,
0.45%, or 181 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.51%, or 205 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.33%, or 535 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.47%, or 592 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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