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The surname Finkle

A surname, carried by 1,886 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex F524

Finkle: #15,520 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Finkle #15,520, 1,886 people Finkle: #15,520 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Finkle #15,520, 1,886 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Finkle is more common than 90.4% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,886 people named Finkle in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 163,704 Americans. That is up 1.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,857.

#15,520
rank among US surnames
1,886
people in 2010
0.6
per 100,000 Americans
+1.6%
change since 2000 (was #14,680)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#15,520Ewen1,886163,704
#15,527Rayas1,885163,791

Who is named Finkle

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

93% of people named Finkle identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

  • White (not Hispanic) 93%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.9%
  • Two or more races 1.4%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 1.1%
The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Finkle

Finkle has the Soundex code F524, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F524.

Questions

How common is the surname Finkle?
1,886 people in the United States had the surname Finkle in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 163,704 Americans. It ranked 15,520th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Finkle?
In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Finkle identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Finkle getting more or less common?
More common. 1,857 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,886 in 2010, up 1.6%.