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The surname Fincham

An English surname, carried by 2,219 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex F525

Fincham: #13,646 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Fincham #13,646, 2,219 people Fincham: #13,646 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Fincham #13,646, 2,219 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Fincham is more common than 91.6% of them.

Origin

English origin

Inherited from Middle English Fincham, from Old English *Finċhām, from finċ (“finch”) + hām (“home, homestead”).

One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,219 people named Fincham in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 139,137 Americans. That is up 26% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,760.

#13,646
rank among US surnames
2,219
people in 2010
0.8
per 100,000 Americans
+26.1%
change since 2000 (was #15,327)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#13,640Caples2,221139,012
#13,642Paw2,220139,075
#13,646Eid2,219139,137
#13,654Victorino2,218139,200

Who is named Fincham

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

95% of people named Fincham identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as two or more races and 1.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

  • White (not Hispanic) 95%
  • Two or more races 2.1%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.2%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 1.1%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Fincham

Fincham has the Soundex code F525, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F525.

Other English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Fincham come from?
Inherited from Middle English Fincham, from Old English *Finċhām, from finċ (“finch”) + hām (“home, homestead”).
How common is the surname Fincham?
2,219 people in the United States had the surname Fincham in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 139,137 Americans. It ranked 13,646th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Fincham?
In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Fincham identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as two or more races.
Is the surname Fincham getting more or less common?
More common. 1,760 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,219 in 2010, up 26%.