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    The surname Finucane

    An Irish patronymic surname, carried by 845 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex F525

    Finucane: #28,293 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Finucane #28,293, 845 people Finucane: #28,293 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Finucane #28,293, 845 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Finucane is more common than 82.6% of them.

    Origin

    Irish origin

    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”).

    Finucane is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

    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 845 people named Finucane in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 365,379 Americans. That is up 5.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 800.

    #28,293
    rank among US surnames
    845
    people in 2010
    0.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +5.6%
    change since 2000 (was #28,166)

    Who is named Finucane

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

    91% of people named Finucane identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 3.5% as two or more races.

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

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Variant spellings

    • Finnucane

    Surnames that sound like Finucane

    Finucane 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 Finucane come from?
    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”).
    How common is the surname Finucane?
    845 people in the United States had the surname Finucane in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 365,379 Americans. It ranked 28,293rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Finucane?
    In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Finucane identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    What type of surname is Finucane?
    Finucane is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
    Is the surname Finucane getting more or less common?
    More common. 800 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 845 in 2010, up 5.6%.
    What are other spellings of Finucane?
    Finnucane.