as a Last Name
- 65,186
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Farmer
Meaning & Origins
English: occupational name from Middle English, Old French ferm(i)er (Late Latin firmarius). The term denoted in the first instance a tax farmer, one who undertook the collection of taxes, revenues, and imposts, paying a fixed (Latin firmus) sum for the proceeds, and only secondarily someone who rented land for the purpose of cultivation; it was not applied to an owner of cultivated land before the 17th century.
| 419th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Tens of Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 65,186
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Kentucky
- has the most people named Farmer per capita
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