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    The surname Finnell

    A surname, carried by 3,178 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex F540

    Finnell: #10,150 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Finnell #10,150, 3,178 people Finnell: #10,150 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Finnell #10,150, 3,178 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Finnell is more common than 93.7% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 3,178 people named Finnell in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 97,151 Americans. That is up 6.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,973.

    #10,150
    rank among US surnames
    3,178
    people in 2010
    1.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +6.9%
    change since 2000 (was #10,003)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #10,145Esch3,17997,120
    #10,150Bailes3,17897,151
    #10,155Oshiro3,17797,181
    #10,159Goldsberry3,17697,212

    Who is named Finnell

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

    81% of people named Finnell identified as white (not Hispanic), 13% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.7% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 81%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 13%
    • Two or more races 2.7%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Finnell

    Finnell has the Soundex code F540, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F540.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Finnell?
    3,178 people in the United States had the surname Finnell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 97,151 Americans. It ranked 10,150th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Finnell?
    In the 2010 Census, 81% of people named Finnell identified as white (not Hispanic), and 13% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Finnell getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,973 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,178 in 2010, up 6.9%.