Farrelly
surname · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/ˈfɛɹəɫi/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Farrelly is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Main GB Location (1881): Lancs. from Ó Fearghaile, from the longer genitive of the personal name Fearghal ‘man of valour’ (compare Farrell ).
- USUnited States1 in 224K(measured from records)
- CHSwitzerland1 in 646K
- SESweden1 in 680K
carrying the name, as counted by each country's national register. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- United States (measured from records)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 5 (measured from records)
- 1 in 224K (inferred from the name graph)
1,487 people, 2010
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
United States
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Main GB Location (1881): Lancs. from Ó Fearghaile, from the longer genitive of the personal name Fearghal ‘man of valour’ (compare Farrell ).
Sources 1
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
Where in the world(measured from records)
Farrelly counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | 1,487 | 1 in 224K | 1.6K | Farrelly | 5 |
| ES Spain | 29 | 1 in 1.7M | 29 | — | — |
| SE Sweden | 15 | 1 in 680K | 15 | — | 1 |
| CH Switzerland | 13 | 1 in 646K | 13 | — | — |
| PL Poland | 11 | 1 in 3.5M | 8 | — | — |
| NO Norway | 8 | 1 in 683K | 8 | — | — |
| DK Denmark | 5 | 1 in 1.2M | 5 | — | — |
1,487 people counted by Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010, 2010. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population); dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames); Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Patrick Farrellyb. 1770USAmerican politician
- Elsie Lockeb. 1912NZnot in their usual nameNew Zealand writer, historian, and activist (1912-2001)
- Alexander Farrellyb. 1923USAmerican politician
- Frank Farrellyb. 1931USAmerican psychologist (1931–2013)
- Peter Farrellyb. 1956USAmerican film director, producer and screenwriter
- Bobby Farrellyb. 1958USAmerican film producer
- Paul Farrellyb. 1962GBBritish politician (born 1962)
- Sheamusb. 1978IEnot in their usual nameIrish professional wrestler and actor
- Grayson Wallerb. 1990AUnot in their usual nameAustralian professional wrestler (born 1990)
- John Farrellyb. 2000IEIrish film producer
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 20 sources across 11 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 1.6K | #17,694 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 1.5K | #18,550 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 1.4K | #17,984 |
| ES Spain | INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal) | — | 29 | #65,714 |
| ES Spain | INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos) | — | 29 | #64,358 |
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 15 | #30,952 |
| CH Switzerland | BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames) | 2024 | 13 | #50,156 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames) | 2026 | 8 | — |
| NO Norway | SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population) | — | 8 | #60,712 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 8 | #150,651 |
| DK Denmark | Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts) | — | 5 | #59,587 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames) | 2026 | 3 | — |
Reference works 4
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Farrelly mean, and where does it come from?
- Main GB Location (1881): Lancs. from Ó Fearghaile, from the longer genitive of the personal name Fearghal ‘man of valour’ (compare Farrell ). Recorded by The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland.
- How do you pronounce Farrelly?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈfɛɹəɫi/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Farrelly have the most bearers?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 1.5 thousand people named Farrelly, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled farrelly.
- Where is Farrelly most common?
- Farrelly is densest in the United States, where the national register counts about 1 in 224 thousand people carrying it.
- How common is the name Farrelly?
- In the United States, the national register counted 1,487 people named Farrelly in 2010, about 1 in 224 thousand residents.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/farrellyThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Farrelly”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.