How common is the surname Fink?

28,701 people in the United States had the surname Fink in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 10,757 Americans. It ranked 1,232nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Fink?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Fink identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Fink?

Larry Fink, American Billionaire Business Person and Board Member, Chairman and CEO of BlackRock, followed by Ashley Fink.

Where is the surname Fink most common?

Wikidata records people named Fink in the United States, Slovenia and Austria and 1 other country.

Is the surname Fink getting more or less common?

More common. 28,417 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 28,701 in 2010, up 1.0%.

The surname Fink

A surname, carried by 28,701 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex F520

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Fink is more common than 99.2% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 28,701 people named Fink in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 10,757 Americans. That is up 1.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 28,417.

#1,232

rank among US surnames

28,701

people in 2010

9.7

per 100,000 Americans

+1%

change since 2000 (was #1,128)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,223	Hilton	28,918	10,677
#1,224	Caballero	28,903	10,682
#1,225	Downing	28,880	10,691
#1,226	Sharpe	28,879	10,691
#1,227	Guy	28,852	10,701
#1,229	Rankin	28,821	10,713
#1,230	Godfrey	28,734	10,745

Who is named Fink

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

96% of people named Fink identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Finks

9 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Larry Fink
American Billionaire Business Person and Board Member, Chairman and CEO of BlackRock, born 1952
Ashley Fink
American actress, born 1986
Nic Fink
American swimmer, born 1993
Bernarda Fink
Argentine mezzo-soprano, born 1955
Jodok Fink
Austrian politician (1853-1929)
Gerald Fink
American biologist, born 1940
Michael Fincke
American astronaut, born 1967
Rebecca St. James
Australian singer, born 1977
Kay Thompson
American author, singer, dancer, actress, and choreographer (1909–1998)

Notable Finks come mostly from the United States (6), Slovenia (1) and Austria (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Fink

Fink has the Soundex code F520, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F520.

Questions

How common is the surname Fink?: 28,701 people in the United States had the surname Fink in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 10,757 Americans. It ranked 1,232nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Fink?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Fink identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Fink?: Larry Fink, American Billionaire Business Person and Board Member, Chairman and CEO of BlackRock, followed by Ashley Fink.
Where is the surname Fink most common?: Wikidata records people named Fink in the United States, Slovenia and Austria and 1 other country.
Is the surname Fink getting more or less common?: More common. 28,417 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 28,701 in 2010, up 1.0%.