Farris Family History
Farris Name Meaning
Scottish: variant of Fergus, in which the Gaelic
gh sound has been dropped rather than being altered to
g. Compare Farrish, Ferris.Probably also a
variant of English Farrar; the name is quite common in
southeast England. KaM.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Farris Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Farris families
 185 - 368  62 - 184 |
 1 - 61  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Farris families
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52 - 101 18 - 51 |
1 - 17 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Farris families
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10 - 18 4 - 9 |
1 - 3 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Farris Family Origin
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Farris Family Occupations
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