How common is the surname Findlay?

4,509 people in the United States had the surname Findlay in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 68,473 Americans. It ranked 7,387th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Findlay getting more or less common?

More common. 4,150 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,509 in 2010, up 8.7%.

Is Findlay also a first name?

Yes. Findlay is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Findlay

A surname, carried by 4,509 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex F534 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Findlay is more common than 95.4% of them.

Origin

Variant of Finlay.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,509 people named Findlay in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 68,473 Americans. That is up 8.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,150.

#7,387

rank among US surnames

4,509

people in 2010

1.5

per 100,000 Americans

+8.7%

change since 2000 (was #7,403)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,383	Gama	4,513	68,412
#7,384	Shanley	4,511	68,443
#7,386	McCowan	4,510	68,458
#7,387	Findlay	4,509	68,473

Who is named Findlay

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

83% of people named Findlay identified as white (not Hispanic), 12% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 83%
Black (not Hispanic) 12%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.2%
Two or more races 1.7%
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 Findlay

Findlay has the Soundex code F534, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F534.

Questions

Where does the surname Findlay come from?: Variant of Finlay.
How common is the surname Findlay?: 4,509 people in the United States had the surname Findlay in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 68,473 Americans. It ranked 7,387th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Findlay?: In the 2010 Census, 83% of people named Findlay identified as white (not Hispanic), and 12% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Findlay getting more or less common?: More common. 4,150 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,509 in 2010, up 8.7%.
Is Findlay also a first name?: Yes. Findlay is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.