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    The surname Finan

    An Irish patronymic surname, carried by 2,276 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex F550

    Finan: #13,383 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Finan #13,383, 2,276 people Finan: #13,383 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Finan #13,383, 2,276 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Finan is more common than 91.8% of them.

    Origin

    Irish origin

    Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Fionnáin (“descendant of Fionnán”), a personal name which derives from the diminutive form of fionn (“fair, blond”).

    Finan is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

    One of 880 Irish surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,276 people named Finan in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 135,653 Americans. That is up 9.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,084.

    #13,383
    rank among US surnames
    2,276
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +9.2%
    change since 2000 (was #13,400)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #13,375Picone2,278135,534
    #13,376Ferland2,277135,593
    #13,383Gunnell2,276135,653
    #13,391Syverson2,275135,712

    Who is named Finan

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    84% of people named Finan identified as white (not Hispanic), 11% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 84%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 11%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
    • Two or more races 2.2%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Variant spellings

    • Finnan
    • Finnen
    • Finnin
    • Winning

    Finan has the Soundex code F550, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F550.

    Other Irish surnames

    All 880 Irish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Finan come from?
    Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Fionnáin (“descendant of Fionnán”), a personal name which derives from the diminutive form of fionn (“fair, blond”).
    How common is the surname Finan?
    2,276 people in the United States had the surname Finan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 135,653 Americans. It ranked 13,383rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Finan?
    In the 2010 Census, 84% of people named Finan identified as white (not Hispanic), and 11% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
    What type of surname is Finan?
    Finan is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
    Is the surname Finan getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,084 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,276 in 2010, up 9.2%.
    What are other spellings of Finan?
    Finnan, Finnen, Finnin and Winning.