How common is the surname Phinney?

3,472 people in the United States had the surname Phinney in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 88,924 Americans. It ranked 9,368th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Phinney?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Phinney identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Phinney?

Taylor Phinney, American racing cyclist, followed by Connie Carpenter-Phinney.

Where is the surname Phinney most common?

Wikidata records people named Phinney in the United States.

Is the surname Phinney getting more or less common?

More common. 3,420 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,472 in 2010, up 1.5%.

The surname Phinney

A surname, carried by 3,472 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex P500

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Phinney is more common than 94.2% of them.

Origin

Altered spelling of Finney.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,472 people named Phinney in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 88,924 Americans. That is up 1.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,420.

#9,368

rank among US surnames

3,472

people in 2010

1.2

per 100,000 Americans

+1.5%

change since 2000 (was #8,822)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,361	Mundt	3,475	88,848
#9,365	Callison	3,474	88,873
#9,366	Wear	3,473	88,899
#9,368	Liss	3,472	88,924
#9,373	Recker	3,471	88,950
#9,375	Canaday	3,470	88,976

Who is named Phinney

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

93% of people named Phinney identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Two or more races 1.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Phinneys

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Taylor Phinney
American racing cyclist, born 1990
Connie Carpenter-Phinney
American racing cyclist and speed skater, born 1957

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Phinney

Phinney has the Soundex code P500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P500.

Questions

Where does the surname Phinney come from?: Altered spelling of Finney.
How common is the surname Phinney?: 3,472 people in the United States had the surname Phinney in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 88,924 Americans. It ranked 9,368th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Phinney?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Phinney identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Phinney?: Taylor Phinney, American racing cyclist, followed by Connie Carpenter-Phinney.
Where is the surname Phinney most common?: Wikidata records people named Phinney in the United States.
Is the surname Phinney getting more or less common?: More common. 3,420 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,472 in 2010, up 1.5%.