Farrow
See also: farrow
English
Etymology
Hypercorrected form of Farrar, where the original ending -ar was regarded as an error and consequently changed to -ow.
Proper noun
Farrow (countable and uncountable, plural Farrows)
- A surname.
- A former community in Vulcan County, Alberta, Canada.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Farrow is the 3353rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 10672 individuals. Farrow is most common among White (65.94%) and Black/African American (27.46%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Farrow”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 553.
Farrow, Alberta on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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