How common is the surname Fine?

11,618 people in the United States had the surname Fine in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 26,575 Americans. It ranked 3,097th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Fine?

In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Fine identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Fine?

Reuben Fine, American chess player and psychologist (1914–1993), followed by Larry Fine.

Where is the surname Fine most common?

Wikidata records people named Fine in the United States.

Is the surname Fine getting more or less common?

More common. 11,518 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 11,618 in 2010, up 0.9%.

The surname Fine

A surname, carried by 11,618 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex F500

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Fine is more common than 98.1% of them.

Origin

* As an English surname, from the adjective fine. * As an English and Irish surname, variant of Finn. * As a German and Jewish surname, Americanized from Fein.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 11,618 people named Fine in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 26,575 Americans. That is up 0.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 11,518.

#3,097

rank among US surnames

11,618

people in 2010

3.9

per 100,000 Americans

+0.9%

change since 2000 (was #2,865)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,088	Bull	11,646	26,511
#3,089	Dockery	11,644	26,515
#3,091	Matias	11,635	26,536
#3,092	Boland	11,631	26,545
#3,093	Spain	11,628	26,552
#3,094	Jain	11,626	26,556
#3,095	Cowart	11,621	26,568

Who is named Fine

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

92% of people named Fine identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.0% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.7%
Two or more races 1.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Fines

10 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Reuben Fine
American chess player and psychologist (1914–1993)
Larry Fine
American comedian and actor, one of the Three Stooges (1902–1975)
Jeanna Fine
American pornographic actress, 1964–2025
Randy Fine
American politician (born 1974)
Travis Fine
American actor, born 1968
John Van Antwerp Fine, Jr.
American Balkan and Byzantine historian (born 1939)
Irving Fine
American composer (1914-1962)
Sylvia Fine
American lyricist and songwriter (1913-1991)
Vivian Fine
American composer (1913-2000)
Lou Fine
Artist (1914–1971)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Fine

Fine has the Soundex code F500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F500.

Questions

Where does the surname Fine come from?: * As an English surname, from the adjective fine. * As an English and Irish surname, variant of Finn. * As a German and Jewish surname, Americanized from Fein.
How common is the surname Fine?: 11,618 people in the United States had the surname Fine in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 26,575 Americans. It ranked 3,097th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Fine?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Fine identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Fine?: Reuben Fine, American chess player and psychologist (1914–1993), followed by Larry Fine.
Where is the surname Fine most common?: Wikidata records people named Fine in the United States.
Is the surname Fine getting more or less common?: More common. 11,518 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 11,618 in 2010, up 0.9%.