The McFarlin surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,471 people carried this name — #7,453 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 65,800 people counted. That is up 4% from 4,295 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the McFarlin surname

Variant of McFarlane.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «McFarlin» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In the first U.S. census, 1790

In 1790, McFarlin was counted together with McFarland: 162 families in all.

Each family is counted by its head. About 883 people lived in those households, 5.5 to a family on average. The census counted these spellings together: McFarland, McFarlan, Mcfarlan, Mcfarland, McFarlane, Mcfarlane, McFarlen, Mcfarlen, McFarlin, Mcfarlin, Macfarlin, McFarlind, McFarling, Mcfarling, Macfarling, McPharlen. The table lists white heads of families only, in the twelve states whose 1790 records survive; Virginia’s figures come from state lists of 1782–1785.

Families, by state

Pennsylvania 53
New York 32
North Carolina 21
Massachusetts 17
Maine 14
Virginia 8
South Carolina 6
New Hampshire 5
Vermont 4
Maryland 2

U.S. Census Bureau, «A Century of Population Growth from the First Census of the United States to the Twelfth, 1790–1900» (Washington, 1909), table 111, p. 252 — public domain · names carried by at least 100 white persons in 1790.

In print

McFarlin in American newspapers,
1902–1921.

Newspaper page from The Evening Times carrying the name McFarlin
The Evening Times 1902-11-18
Newspaper page from New-york Tribune carrying the name McFarlin
New-york Tribune 1921-03-29
Newspaper page from The Washington Times carrying the name McFarlin
The Washington Times 1921-03-28

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 7,042 pages in all carry the name.

In print

McFarlin in Australian newspapers,
1880s–1950s.

66 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss McFarlin. The most, 14, date from the 1910s.

Articles, by state

South Australia 18
Victoria 15
New South Wales 14
Western Australia 11
Tasmania 5
Queensland 3

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss McFarlin.

Who carried it

People named McFarlin,
with a public archive behind them.

  • William McFarlin
    William McFarlin 1806–1872 · politician
  • Robert J. McFarlin 1929–2017 · civil engineer
  • Abram McFarlin 1863–1951 · photographer
  • John McFarlin 1907–1947 · baseball player
  • James Brigham McFarlin 1901–1969 · scientific collector

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0.

In the public record

People named McFarlin,
in the records of 3 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States277 records

277 records of the McFarlin name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 134
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 43
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 43
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 20
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 18
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 14
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 4
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record George I. McFarlin

    Born 1918 in Minnesota. Enlisted 1941 at Los Angeles, California; stationary engineer. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1989, buried at Riverside National Cemetery, California.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Charles Richard McFarlin

    Born 1946; from Sidney, Ohio. U.S. Marine Corps, rifleman; died in an accident 1965 in Quang Nam, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Bess McFarlin

    Arrived at New York in 1853 aboard the Antarctic from Liverpool, aged 19; servant. From Ireland.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)

Showing 3 of 277 records for McFarlin in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Canada10 records

10 records of the McFarlin name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 9
  • City of Winnipeg cemetery records 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Charles McFarlin

    Died 1947; buried at Brookside Cemetery, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

    City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg.
  2. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Joseph Allan McFarlin

    Married 1946 in Arisaig, Inverness, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Birth record Catherine McFarlin

    Born 1874 in Grant, Victoria, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.

Showing 3 of 10 records for McFarlin in Canada.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

Australia10 records

10 records of the McFarlin name in Australia
  • Tasmanian Names Index 5
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 4
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 1
  1. An 1829 etching of convicts being rowed out to the prison ship York in Portsmouth Harbour
    Pictured: convicts going on board a prison ship, 1829
    Transportation record George McFarlin

    Transported to Van Diemen's Land aboard the Layton, sailing from London in 1839. Native of Liverpool, Lancashire.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Ida Muriel McFarlin

    Of Elsternwick, Victoria; died 1976.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record I. H. McFarlin

    Sailed from Victoria in 1907 aboard the Warrimoo, bound for Bluff, aged 24.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 10 records for McFarlin in Australia.

Counts: Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Prison-ship in Portsmouth Harbour, with the convicts going on board, etching by Edward William Cooke, 1829, Royal Museums Greenwich (public domain); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

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