Fine Surname
Approximately 26,922 people bear this surname
Fine Surname Definition:
(Anglo-French-Latin) Fine, Elegant [Old French fin, fine, perfect; Low Latin fin-us, fine] Many of the Fines in our directories are Anglicizations of the corresponding German Fein, also ult. from the Latin.
Fine Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 18,619 | 1:19,467 | 2,443 |
| Israel | 1,606 | 1:5,329 | 793 |
| France | 1,240 | 1:53,567 | 7,056 |
| Canada | 697 | 1:52,863 | 6,338 |
| England | 673 | 1:82,791 | 9,141 |
| Nigeria | 595 | 1:297,719 | 16,649 |
| Egypt | 488 | 1:188,393 | 13,801 |
| South Africa | 482 | 1:112,402 | 13,510 |
| Australia | 262 | 1:103,037 | 11,601 |
| Tonga | 210 | 1:511 | 137 |
| Italy | 209 | 1:292,616 | 37,167 |
| Saudi Arabia | 159 | 1:194,062 | 29,524 |
| Morocco | 136 | 1:253,501 | 42,794 |
| New Zealand | 127 | 1:35,656 | 6,115 |
| India | 101 | 1:7,594,707 | 163,091 |
| Mauritius | 101 | 1:12,806 | 2,739 |
| Germany | 74 | 1:1,087,912 | 72,931 |
| Netherlands | 71 | 1:237,848 | 31,022 |
| Haiti | 68 | 1:157,116 | 6,572 |
| Ireland | 67 | 1:70,283 | 4,402 |
| Papua New Guinea | 60 | 1:135,895 | 18,658 |
| Bahrain | 59 | 1:22,858 | 4,582 |
| Argentina | 58 | 1:736,955 | 49,943 |
| Iran | 56 | 1:1,371,116 | 56,327 |
| Indonesia | 49 | 1:2,698,963 | 156,404 |
| Wales | 46 | 1:67,272 | 5,910 |
| DR Congo | 41 | 1:1,801,941 | 95,514 |
| China | 39 | 1:35,059,527 | 1,855 |
| Dominican Republic | 39 | 1:267,511 | 9,432 |
| Greece | 35 | 1:316,565 | 45,415 |
| Thailand | 34 | 1:2,077,598 | 243,257 |
| Jamaica | 33 | 1:86,968 | 3,873 |
| Portugal | 28 | 1:372,080 | 12,265 |
| Belgium | 26 | 1:442,179 | 45,013 |
| Brazil | 23 | 1:9,307,580 | 200,052 |
| Botswana | 22 | 1:99,406 | 15,343 |
| Norway | 20 | 1:257,114 | 27,149 |
| Denmark | 16 | 1:352,795 | 24,706 |
| Liberia | 15 | 1:293,902 | 16,977 |
| Scotland | 14 | 1:382,416 | 16,471 |
| Guam | 12 | 1:13,343 | 2,098 |
| Malaysia | 11 | 1:2,681,293 | 102,971 |
| United Arab Emirates | 11 | 1:832,934 | 27,512 |
| Afghanistan | 10 | 1:3,215,318 | 18,974 |
| Pakistan | 10 | 1:17,864,388 | 68,137 |
| Bangladesh | 9 | 1:17,706,308 | 13,537 |
| Ivory Coast | 9 | 1:2,563,470 | 41,100 |
| Mexico | 9 | 1:13,791,801 | 45,470 |
| Hong Kong | 8 | 1:916,935 | 4,774 |
| Bahamas | 6 | 1:65,292 | 848 |
| Cameroon | 6 | 1:3,461,511 | 126,814 |
| Philippines | 6 | 1:16,873,037 | 249,062 |
| Switzerland | 6 | 1:1,368,819 | 77,571 |
| Russia | 5 | 1:28,824,611 | 530,332 |
| Spain | 5 | 1:9,350,407 | 109,555 |
| Algeria | 4 | 1:9,657,888 | 64,782 |
| Guatemala | 4 | 1:4,020,667 | 7,726 |
| Iraq | 4 | 1:8,755,414 | 23,373 |
| Japan | 4 | 1:31,961,073 | 53,820 |
| Kuwait | 4 | 1:950,174 | 18,811 |
| Sri Lanka | 4 | 1:5,202,140 | 12,146 |
| Togo | 4 | 1:1,811,942 | 8,122 |
| Ecuador | 3 | 1:5,301,949 | 30,184 |
| Honduras | 3 | 1:2,938,814 | 7,190 |
| Namibia | 3 | 1:803,134 | 15,170 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 3 | 1:454,658 | 14,297 |
| Turkey | 3 | 1:25,940,474 | 162,557 |
| Armenia | 2 | 1:1,465,090 | 16,492 |
| Cambodia | 2 | 1:7,743,573 | 11,959 |
| Lebanon | 2 | 1:2,818,542 | 25,087 |
| Paraguay | 2 | 1:3,618,373 | 13,977 |
| South Korea | 2 | 1:25,620,128 | 4,175 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| American Samoa | 1 | 1:55,758 | 3,072 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Cayman Islands | 1 | 1:63,893 | 2,384 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Malta | 1 | 1:430,272 | 3,380 |
| Mongolia | 1 | 1:2,825,289 | 17,010 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Swaziland | 1 | 1:1,298,199 | 1,718 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Transnistria | 1 | 1:474,699 | 17,893 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Wallis and Futuna | 1 | 1:13,610 | 185 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,429,866 | 40,727 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 96 | 1:253,910 | 18,354 |
| Wales | 17 | 1:92,260 | 4,121 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:3,743,216 | 32,299 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,390 | 1:36,129 | 4,284 |
The alternate forms: Finé (12) are calculated separately.
Fine (7,767) may also be a first name.
Fine Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(Anglo-French-Latin) Fine, Elegant [Old French fin, fine, perfect; Low Latin fin-us, fine] Many of the Fines in our directories are Anglicizations of the corresponding German Fein, also ult. from the Latin.
(English, German) The fine or elegant person; a clever man.
(from a personal characteristic) or (from an ancestor's occupation) Fine is the English for Fein which means “fine” and is part of the descriptive Feinermann, “nice, fine person.” Or “fein” could be a variant of Wein, making the bearer a wine merchant.
Fine Demographics
Average Fine Salary in
United States
$49,787 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Fine Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Fine Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Fine (Arabic: فاين, Hindi: फीने, Tibetan: ཕཱན་) occurs more in The United States more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant: Finé. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Fine? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 20,311th most commonly held last name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 270,691 people. The last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 73 percent of Fine live; 72 percent live in North America and 71 percent live in Anglo-North America. Fine is also the 72,497th most common first name at a global level It is held by 7,767 people.
The surname is most commonly used in The United States, where it is held by 18,619 people, or 1 in 19,467. In The United States Fine is most numerous in: California, where 12 percent reside, New York, where 10 percent reside and Florida, where 8 percent reside. Apart from The United States Fine exists in 115 countries. It is also common in Israel, where 6 percent reside and France, where 5 percent reside.
Fine Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Fine has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname grew 1,339 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 701 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it grew 6,700 percent between 1901 and 2014; in Wales it grew 271 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it grew 1,400 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Fine Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Fine surname is primarily Jewish (100%) in Ireland, Orthodox (86%) in Russia and Christian (96%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those bearing the Fine surname are 39.09% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 92.32% being registered with the political party.
The amount Fine earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 14.59% less than the national average, earning €25,650 per year; in Norway they earn 0.62% more than the national average, earning 348,235 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 76.9% more than the national average, earning R 420,372 per year; in United States they earn 15.38% more than the national average, earning $49,787 USD per year and in Canada they earn 60.78% more than the national average, earning $79,879 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Fine Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Fine in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཕཱན་ | pen | - |
| Fine in the Hindi language | ||
| फीने | phine | - |
| Fine in the Arabic language | ||
| فاين | fayn | - |
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Fine Reference & Research
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Footnotes
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