How common is the surname Findley?

9,505 people in the United States had the surname Findley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 32,482 Americans. It ranked 3,729th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Findley?

Robbie Findley, American soccer player, followed by Paul Findley.

Where is the surname Findley most common?

Wikidata records people named Findley in the United States.

Is the surname Findley getting more or less common?

More common. 9,060 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,505 in 2010, up 4.9%.

The surname Findley

A Scottish Gaelic surname, carried by 9,505 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex F534

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Findley is more common than 97.7% of them.

Origin

Scottish Gaelic origin

Variant of Finlay.

One of 277 Scottish Gaelic surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 9,505 people named Findley in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 32,482 Americans. That is up 4.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 9,060.

#3,729

rank among US surnames

9,505

people in 2010

3.2

per 100,000 Americans

+4.9%

change since 2000 (was #3,603)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,720	Gracia	9,520	32,431
#3,722	Ostrander	9,518	32,438
#3,723	Mangum	9,515	32,448
#3,724	Staggs	9,514	32,452
#3,725	Curtin	9,513	32,455
#3,726	Saxton	9,509	32,469
#3,727	Hackney	9,507	32,476

Who is named Findley

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

84% of people named Findley identified as white (not Hispanic), 11% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 84%
Black (not Hispanic) 11%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
Two or more races 1.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Findleys

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Robbie Findley
American soccer player, born 1985
Paul Findley
American politician (1921-2019)
Edwina Findley
American actress, born 1980

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Findley

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

Other Scottish Gaelic surnames

All 277 Scottish Gaelic surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Findley come from?: Variant of Finlay.
How common is the surname Findley?: 9,505 people in the United States had the surname Findley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 32,482 Americans. It ranked 3,729th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Findley?: In the 2010 Census, 84% of people named Findley identified as white (not Hispanic), and 11% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Findley?: Robbie Findley, American soccer player, followed by Paul Findley.
Where is the surname Findley most common?: Wikidata records people named Findley in the United States.
Is the surname Findley getting more or less common?: More common. 9,060 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,505 in 2010, up 4.9%.