# Fink (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/fink/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 28,701 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,232 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 10,757 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.0% (28,417 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Fink in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 96% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.1% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 1.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Fink in the United States, Slovenia, Austria and Australia.

## People named Fink

- Larry Fink, American Billionaire Business Person and Board Member, Chairman and CEO of BlackRock
- Ashley Fink, American actress
- Nic Fink, American swimmer
- Bernarda Fink, Argentine mezzo-soprano
- Jodok Fink, Austrian politician (1853-1929)
- Gerald Fink, American biologist
- Michael Fincke, American astronaut
- Rebecca St. James, Australian singer
- Kay Thompson, American author, singer, dancer, actress, and choreographer (1909–1998)

## Similar surnames

Funk, Finke, Finck, Finch, Fong, Feng, Fang, Fung, Funes, Fenwick, Fenske, Funke.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.