Macfarlane Family

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About the Macfarlane surname

The surname Macfarlane is associated with a patronymic formation. The Mac-/Mc- formation is traditionally patronymic and means “son of” in Gaelic languages. A patronymic formation of this kind shows how an older personal name could develop into a family name. Different families could independently adopt a surname formed from the same given name.

Pronunciation: Mak-far-lan/makfaʁlan/

Most frequent given names among the Macfarlane family

Men

  1. 1John62
  2. 2Donald32
  3. 3James32
  4. 4William29
  5. 5Joseph22

Women

  1. 1Mary44
  2. 2Margaret32
  3. 3Élizabeth17
  4. 4Catherine12
  5. 5Agnès11
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The Macfarlane name in our genealogy archives

2,105occurrences in our collections
10collections containing this name
55 1371881 → 1901people enumerated
1821First mention of the name
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