Furlong Family History
Furlong Name Meaning
English and Irish: from Middle English furlang furlong ‘furlong’ (Old English furlang from furh ‘furrow’ + lang ‘long’) the technical term for the block of strips owned by several different persons which formed the unit of cultivation in the medieval open-field system of farming though it could also denote ‘race course’ particularly for foot races. Or a habitational name from a minor place called with this word such as Furlong in Devon or Shropshire. The surname is now chiefly found in Ireland where a family of this name settled at the end of the 13th century. Altered form of French Ferland .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022