# Finucane (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/finucane/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Irish.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Irish |
| Type | patronymic, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 845 |
| US rank (2010) | 28,293 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 365,379 people |
| Change since 2000 | +5.6% (800 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Finnucane |

## Etymology

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Fionnmhacáin (“descendant of Fionnmhacán”), a personal name composed by the elements fionn (“fair, white”) + macán, a diminutive of mac (“son”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Finucane in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 91% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.7% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.2% |
| Two or more races | 3.5% |

## Similar surnames

Finnegan, Finegan, Fincham, Finnigan, Fangman.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.