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    The surname Fincher

    A surname, carried by 7,951 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex F526

    Fincher: #4,466 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Fincher #4,466, 7,951 people Fincher: #4,466 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Fincher #4,466, 7,951 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Fincher is more common than 97.2% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 7,951 people named Fincher in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 38,831 Americans. That is up 0.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 7,898.

    #4,466
    rank among US surnames
    7,951
    people in 2010
    2.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +0.7%
    change since 2000 (was #4,153)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #4,461Jenson7,95638,807
    #4,463Hutchens7,95438,816
    #4,465Cromer7,95238,826
    #4,466Fincher7,95138,831

    Who is named Fincher

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

    86% of people named Fincher identified as white (not Hispanic), 9.4% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 86%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 9.4%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
    • Two or more races 1.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Finchers

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • David Fincher
      American film director (born 1962)
    • Jack Fincher
      American screenwriter (1930–2003)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Fincher

    Fincher has the Soundex code F526, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F526.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Fincher?
    7,951 people in the United States had the surname Fincher in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 38,831 Americans. It ranked 4,466th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Fincher?
    In the 2010 Census, 86% of people named Fincher identified as white (not Hispanic), and 9.4% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Fincher?
    David Fincher, American film director (born 1962), followed by Jack Fincher.
    Where is the surname Fincher most common?
    Wikidata records people named Fincher in the United States.
    Is the surname Fincher getting more or less common?
    More common. 7,898 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,951 in 2010, up 0.7%.