How common is the surname Finney?

16,939 people in the United States had the surname Finney in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 18,227 Americans. It ranked 2,139th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Finney?

Albert Finney, British actor (1936–2019), followed by Charles Grandison Finney.

Where is the surname Finney most common?

Wikidata records people named Finney in the United States and the United Kingdom.

Is the surname Finney getting more or less common?

More common. 16,919 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 16,939 in 2010, up 0.1%.

The surname Finney

An English place surname, carried by 16,939 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex F500

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Finney is more common than 98.7% of them.

Origin

English origin

Habitational surname from several minor places in Cheshire, from either Old English finig (“heap”) or finn (“coarse grass”) + ġehæġ (“an enclosed piece of land”).

Finney 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 16,939 people named Finney in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 18,227 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 16,919.

#2,139

rank among US surnames

16,939

people in 2010

5.7

per 100,000 Americans

+0.1%

change since 2000 (was #1,950)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#2,130	Benedict	17,036	18,123
#2,131	Vandyke	17,030	18,130
#2,132	Troyer	16,981	18,182
#2,133	Ham	16,980	18,183
#2,134	Prescott	16,975	18,188
#2,135	Shaver	16,972	18,191
#2,136	Hoffmann	16,966	18,198

Who is named Finney

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

70% of people named Finney identified as white (not Hispanic), 23% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.8% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 70%
Black (not Hispanic) 23%
Two or more races 2.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Finneys

6 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Albert Finney
British actor (1936–2019)
Charles Grandison Finney
American religious leader, writer and educator (1792–1875)
Jack Finney
American novelist and short story writer (1911–1995)
Hal Finney
American software developer (1956-2014)
Yasmin Finney
British actress and Internet personality, born 2003
Joan Finney
American politician (1925-2001)

Notable Finneys come mostly from the United States (4) and the United Kingdom (2).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Variant spellings

Surnames that sound like Finney

Finney has the Soundex code F500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F500.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Finney come from?: Habitational surname from several minor places in Cheshire, from either Old English finig (“heap”) or finn (“coarse grass”) + ġehæġ (“an enclosed piece of land”).
How common is the surname Finney?: 16,939 people in the United States had the surname Finney in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 18,227 Americans. It ranked 2,139th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Finney?: In the 2010 Census, 70% of people named Finney identified as white (not Hispanic), and 23% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Finney?: Albert Finney, British actor (1936–2019), followed by Charles Grandison Finney.
Where is the surname Finney most common?: Wikidata records people named Finney in the United States and the United Kingdom.
What type of surname is Finney?: Finney is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Finney getting more or less common?: More common. 16,919 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 16,939 in 2010, up 0.1%.
What are other spellings of Finney?: Fenney, Finnie and Phinney.