Farrar

• Farrow

English occupational surname for a blacksmith or an ironworker, from Old French ferrier (“smith”). Compare Farrow, Ferrier.

Farrar (countable and uncountable, plural Farrars)

1. A surname from Old French.
2. A place in the United States:
   1. An unincorporated community in Jasper County, Georgia.
   2. An unincorporated community in Polk County, Iowa.
   3. An unincorporated community in Perry County, Missouri.
   4. An unincorporated community in Edgecombe County, North Carolina.
   5. An unincorporated community in Limestone County, Texas.
3. An eastern suburb of Palmerston, Northern Territory, Australia.

• Farrar Hill

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Farrar is the 2434^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 14892 individuals. Farrar is most common among White (80.05%) and Black/African American (13.87%) individuals.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Farrar”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 553.