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    The surname Finkley

    An English place surname, carried by 599 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex F524

    Finkley: #37,229 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Finkley #37,229, 599 people Finkley: #37,229 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Finkley #37,229, 599 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Finkley is more common than 77.1% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

    From Old English finċ (“finch”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to finch + -ley (“lea”). Doublet of Finchley.

    Finkley is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

    One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 599 people named Finkley in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 515,435 Americans. That is down 7.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 647.

    #37,229
    rank among US surnames
    599
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    -7.4%
    change since 2000 (was #33,292)

    Who is named Finkley

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

    80% of people named Finkley identified as Black (not Hispanic), 14% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.2% as two or more races.

    • Black (not Hispanic) 80%
    • White (not Hispanic) 14%
    • Two or more races 3.2%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
    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 Finkley

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

    Other English surnames

    All 1,446 English surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Finkley come from?
    From Old English finċ (“finch”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to finch + -ley (“lea”). Doublet of Finchley.
    How common is the surname Finkley?
    599 people in the United States had the surname Finkley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 515,435 Americans. It ranked 37,229th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Finkley?
    In the 2010 Census, 80% of people named Finkley identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 14% as white (not Hispanic).
    What type of surname is Finkley?
    Finkley is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Finkley getting more or less common?
    Less common. 647 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 599 in 2010, down 7.4%.