Last Name FARLEY

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Meaning Local: Of Fairleigh or Fairley, a parish in county Somerset, seven miles from Bath; also a parish in county Hants, near Basingstoke; also, 'of Farley,' parishes in counties Kent and Surrey, and chapelries and townships in counties Stafford and Wilts.
Origin English, Irish, Maori

Rank 849 (2000 US census) 826 (1990 US census)
Count 37,116 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 85.58%, or 31764 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 10.34%, or 3838 total occurrences, as black,
  • 0.43%, or 160 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0.75%, or 278 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.39%, or 516 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.52%, or 564 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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