Last Name FARRANT

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Meaning The son of Faramond. Faramond, Pharamond, an ancient Teutonic first name. Travellers again had their name from 'fara,' the modern German 'fahren,' and the scarcely disused English to 'fare,' meaning to journey. The most noted instance is Faramund, who, in the guise of Pharamond, is placed at the head of the long-haired Frankish dynasty.
Local: From some place of the name in Normandy. Ferrand is still found about Skipton, where for several centuries the Ferrand family were Wardens of the castle.
Origin English, Jewish, Irish

Rank 57,705 (2000 US census) 47,482 (1990 US census)
Count 330 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 95.15%, or 314 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • undisclosed % as black,
  • undisclosed % as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0%, or 0 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 2.42%, or 8 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • undisclosed % as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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