as a Last Name
- 40,858
- people in the U.S. have this name Get contact details for people named Farley
Meaning & Origins
English: habitational name from any of various places named Farley, of which there are examples in Berkshire, Derbyshire, Hampshire, Kent, Somerset, and Staffordshire, from Old English as fearn ‘fern’ + lēah ‘woodland clearing’. See also Farleigh, Fairley, Fairlie.
| 851st in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Tens of Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 40,858
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- West Virginia
- has the most people named Farley per capita
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