How common is the surname Finke?

3,394 people in the United States had the surname Finke in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 90,968 Americans. It ranked 9,578th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Finke?

Robert Finke, American swimmer, followed by Nikki Finke.

Where is the surname Finke most common?

Wikidata records people named Finke in the United States.

Is the surname Finke getting more or less common?

Less common. 3,423 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,394 in 2010, down 0.8%.

The surname Finke

A surname, carried by 3,394 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). Finke is more common than 94.1% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,394 people named Finke in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 90,968 Americans. That is down 0.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,423.

#9,578

rank among US surnames

3,394

people in 2010

1.1

per 100,000 Americans

-0.8%

change since 2000 (was #8,811)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,570	Revis	3,396	90,914
#9,573	Delacerda	3,395	90,941
#9,578	Enoch	3,394	90,968
#9,581	Scheid	3,393	90,995
#9,583	Woodrum	3,392	91,022
#9,587	Kegley	3,391	91,049

Who is named Finke

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

96% of people named Finke identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.4% as two or more races and 1.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Two or more races 1.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Finkes

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Robert Finke
American swimmer, born 1999
Nikki Finke
American journalist, 1953–2022

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Finke

Finke 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 Finke?: 3,394 people in the United States had the surname Finke in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 90,968 Americans. It ranked 9,578th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Finke?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Finke identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.4% as two or more races.
Who is the most famous person named Finke?: Robert Finke, American swimmer, followed by Nikki Finke.
Where is the surname Finke most common?: Wikidata records people named Finke in the United States.
Is the surname Finke getting more or less common?: Less common. 3,423 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,394 in 2010, down 0.8%.