Finding Surname

853,416th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 320 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Guernsey

Finding Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Finding Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1071:520,73032,731
Austria711:119,93616,774
United States521:6,970,364322,914
Denmark381:148,54513,026
France101:6,642,272293,169
Canada81:4,605,699220,704
India71:109,580,769786,157
Germany51:16,101,092397,699
Philippines31:33,746,074302,898
Switzerland31:2,737,638105,941
Australia31:8,998,567200,784
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Guernsey11:64,4392,137
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1691:144,23312,901
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States161:3,138,668142,671

Finding (244) may also be a first name.

Finding Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Finding Come From? nationality or country of origin

Finding is found in England more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Finding click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Finding? popularity and diffusion

Finding is the 853,416th most widely held surname on earth, held by around 1 in 22,773,581 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 74 percent of Finding live; 46 percent live in Northern Europe and 34 percent live in British Isles. Finding is also the 571,890th most numerous first name on earth It is held by 244 people.

The surname Finding is most widespread in England, where it is held by 107 people, or 1 in 520,730. In England it is most prevalent in: Greater London, where 23 percent live, Dorset, where 12 percent live and Cambridgeshire, where 11 percent live. Apart from England this last name exists in 22 countries. It also occurs in Austria, where 22 percent live and The United States, where 16 percent live.

Finding Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Finding has changed over time. In England the number of people carrying the Finding surname fell 37 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it increased 325 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Finding Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Finding last name are 17.52% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 64.29% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Finding earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 11.41% less than the national average, earning $38,225 USD per year and in Canada they earn 11.52% more than the national average, earning $55,408 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Findings930/
Findin9232/
Vinding861,080/
Fending8638/
Finndin8633/
Fiendin8618/
Findeng8615/
Faending803/
Finden77526/
Vindin7743/
Fendin7713/
Findén778/
Findim771/
Findengne751/
Fndn731/
Vending712/
Fendina712/
Fendeng712/
Finduen711/
Faendin711/
Foendin710/
Fengying6737/
Foendien676/
Phindaeng635/
Vendin62362/
Vinden62272/
Fenden6224/
Vändin6210/
Fendyn628/
Fyndyn621/
Fendne621/
Fendyna5715/
Fendnck570/
Vndn551/
Phimdeng531/
Vendienė531/
Phengying501/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Finding
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