How common is the surname Finnigan?

1,195 people in the United States had the surname Finnigan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 258,364 Americans. It ranked 21,759th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Finnigan?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Finnigan identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Finnigan getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,772 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,195 in 2010, down 33%.

The surname Finnigan

An Irish surname, carried by 1,195 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex F525

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Finnigan is more common than 86.6% of them.

Origin

Irish origin

Variant of Finnegan.

One of 880 Irish surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,195 people named Finnigan in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 258,364 Americans. That is down 33% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,772.

#21,759

rank among US surnames

1,195

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

-32.6%

change since 2000 (was #15,244)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#21,750	Celli	1,196	258,148
#21,759	Finnigan	1,195	258,364

Who is named Finnigan

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

94% of people named Finnigan identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.4%
Two or more races 1.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Finnigan

Finnigan has the Soundex code F525, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F525.

Other Irish surnames

All 880 Irish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Finnigan come from?: Variant of Finnegan.
How common is the surname Finnigan?: 1,195 people in the United States had the surname Finnigan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 258,364 Americans. It ranked 21,759th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Finnigan?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Finnigan identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Finnigan getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,772 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,195 in 2010, down 33%.