How common is the surname Finger?

5,004 people in the United States had the surname Finger in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 61,700 Americans. It ranked 6,739th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Finger?

Bill Finger, American comic strip and comic book writer (1914-1974), followed by Josef Finger.

Where is the surname Finger most common?

Wikidata records people named Finger in the United States and Austria–Hungary.

Is the surname Finger getting more or less common?

More common. 4,910 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,004 in 2010, up 1.9%.

The surname Finger

A surname, carried by 5,004 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex F526

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Finger is more common than 95.8% of them.

Origin

English, German, and Jewish surname, from the noun finger.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,004 people named Finger in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 61,700 Americans. That is up 1.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,910.

#6,739

rank among US surnames

5,004

people in 2010

1.7

per 100,000 Americans

+1.9%

change since 2000 (was #6,384)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,735	Dinsmore	5,008	61,650
#6,736	Gerhardt	5,007	61,663
#6,737	McShane	5,006	61,675
#6,739	Torrey	5,004	61,700
#6,744	Elwood	5,000	61,749

Who is named Finger

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

88% of people named Finger identified as white (not Hispanic), 7.6% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 88%
Black (not Hispanic) 7.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
Two or more races 1.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Fingers

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Bill Finger
American comic strip and comic book writer (1914-1974)
Josef Finger
Austrian mathematician (1841–1925)

Notable Fingers come mostly from the United States (1) and Austria–Hungary (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Finger

Fincher

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

Questions

Where does the surname Finger come from?: English, German, and Jewish surname, from the noun finger.
How common is the surname Finger?: 5,004 people in the United States had the surname Finger in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 61,700 Americans. It ranked 6,739th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Finger?: In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Finger identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.6% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Finger?: Bill Finger, American comic strip and comic book writer (1914-1974), followed by Josef Finger.
Where is the surname Finger most common?: Wikidata records people named Finger in the United States and Austria–Hungary.
Is the surname Finger getting more or less common?: More common. 4,910 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,004 in 2010, up 1.9%.