How common is the surname Finch?

30,769 people in the United States had the surname Finch in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 10,034 Americans. It ranked 1,141st of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Finch?

Peter Finch, British-Australian actor (1916–1977), followed by Aaron Finch.

Where is the surname Finch most common?

Wikidata records people named Finch in the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom and 2 other countries.

How do you pronounce Finch?

Finch is /fɪnt͡ʃ/, one syllable.

Is the surname Finch getting more or less common?

More common. 29,703 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 30,769 in 2010, up 3.6%.

The surname Finch

A nickname surname, carried by 30,769 people in the United States.

Pronounced /fɪnt͡ʃ/ 1 syllable Soundex F520

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Finch is more common than 99.3% of them.

Origin

A surname transferred from the nickname, from finch as a byname or for a catcher and seller of finches.

Finch is a nickname surname: from a description or nickname of an ancestor.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 30,769 people named Finch in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 10,034 Americans. That is up 3.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 29,703.

#1,141

rank among US surnames

30,769

people in 2010

per 100,000 Americans

+3.6%

change since 2000 (was #1,076)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,132	Lange	30,984	9,965
#1,133	Shoemaker	30,934	9,981
#1,134	Flanagan	30,887	9,996
#1,135	Bruno	30,883	9,997
#1,136	Segura	30,880	9,998
#1,137	Beach	30,867	10,002
#1,138	Castellanos	30,859	10,005

Who is named Finch

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

79% of people named Finch identified as white (not Hispanic), 15% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 79%
Black (not Hispanic) 15%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
Two or more races 2.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Finchs

16 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Peter Finch
British-Australian actor (1916–1977)
Aaron Finch
Australian cricketer, born 1986
Jennie Finch
American softball player (born 1980)
Jon Finch
British actor (1941/1942–2012)
Flora Finch
British-born film actress (1867-1940)
Chris Finch
American basketball player-coach, born 1969
Jennifer Finch
American musician, designer and photographer (1966–2026)
Rachael Finch
Australian model, born 1988
Alfred William Finch
Belgian born, Finnish painter and ceramist (1854-1930)
Anne Finch, Countess of Winchilsea
British countess and poet (1661-1720)
Robert Finch
American politician (1925–1995)
George Finch
Australian chemist and mountaineer (1888–1970)

Notable Finchs come mostly from the United States (7), Australia (4) and the United Kingdom (2).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Finch

Finch has the Soundex code F520, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F520.

Questions

How common is the surname Finch?: 30,769 people in the United States had the surname Finch in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 10,034 Americans. It ranked 1,141st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Finch?: In the 2010 Census, 79% of people named Finch identified as white (not Hispanic), and 15% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Finch?: Peter Finch, British-Australian actor (1916–1977), followed by Aaron Finch.
Where is the surname Finch most common?: Wikidata records people named Finch in the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom and 2 other countries.
How do you pronounce Finch?: Finch is /fɪnt͡ʃ/, one syllable.
What type of surname is Finch?: Finch is a nickname surname, from a description or nickname of an ancestor.
Is the surname Finch getting more or less common?: More common. 29,703 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 30,769 in 2010, up 3.6%.