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    The surname Finklea

    A surname, carried by 1,948 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex F524

    Finklea: #15,140 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Finklea #15,140, 1,948 people Finklea: #15,140 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Finklea #15,140, 1,948 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Finklea is more common than 90.7% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,948 people named Finklea in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 158,494 Americans. That is up 32% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,473.

    #15,140
    rank among US surnames
    1,948
    people in 2010
    0.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +32.2%
    change since 2000 (was #17,588)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #15,140Swofford1,948158,494
    #15,147Sicard1,947158,575

    Who is named Finklea

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

    58% of people named Finklea identified as Black (not Hispanic), 37% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • Black (not Hispanic) 58%
    • White (not Hispanic) 37%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
    • Two or more races 2.2%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Finklea

    Finklea 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 Finklea?
    1,948 people in the United States had the surname Finklea in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 158,494 Americans. It ranked 15,140th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Finklea?
    In the 2010 Census, 58% of people named Finklea identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 37% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Finklea getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,473 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,948 in 2010, up 32%.