Farah History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Origins Available:
Ireland
Spain

Early Origins of the Farah family

The surname Farah was first found in Aragon an ancient Kingdom of Spain.

Early History of the Farah family

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Farah Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Fara, Fare, Farra, Faro, Farraa, Far, Farons and many more.

Early Notables of the Farah family

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Farah migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Farah Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

John Farah, aged 36, who arrived in America in 1892 1

Contemporary Notables of the name Farah (post 1700) +

Sir Mohamed Muktar Jama Farah C.B.E., OLY, (b. 1983), British long-distance runner and the most successful British track athlete in modern Olympic Games history. He is the 2012 and 2016 Olympic gold medalist in both the 5000 m and 10,000 m. He also completed the 'distance double' at the 2013 and 2015 World Championships in Athletics. He was the second man in history, to win long-distance doubles at successive Olympics and World Championships, and the first in history to defend both distance titles in both major global competitions, he won the IAAF Diamond League title at 5000 metres. Appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 2013, Knighted in 2017 as well as 1st place in the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award
Farah LeeAllen Fath (b. 1984), American soap opera actress
Farah Nasser, Canadian journalist with CablePulse24 as of February 22, 2010

Citations +

Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)