Fingal Surname

380,576th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 937 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sweden
Highest density in:
Aruba

Fingal Surname Definition:

(Celtic) Fair Stranger or Foreigner [Irish and Gaelic Fionngal(l, Fionnghal(l—fionn, white, fair + gall, a stranger, foreigner]

Fingal Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sweden2801:35,1672,848
Aruba2681:38642
United States2211:1,640,086109,636
Venezuela511:592,23710,648
Trinidad and Tobago271:50,5184,407
Canada171:2,167,388133,872
Netherlands161:1,055,44866,951
Guyana111:69,2935,568
Norway71:734,61250,907
Papua New Guinea51:1,630,743129,019
Curaçao41:39,312638
Dominica41:18,973529
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
Ireland41:1,177,23516,494
England31:18,572,686338,250
Switzerland31:2,737,638105,941
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Malta11:430,2723,380
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
France11:66,422,722504,397
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Armenia11:2,930,18022,770
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

Fingal (34) may also be a first name.

Fingal Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Celtic) Fair Stranger or Foreigner [Irish and Gaelic Fionngal(l, Fionnghal(l—fionn, white, fair + gall, a stranger, foreigner]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Fingal Last Name Facts

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

The last name Fingal (Russian: Фингал) is found in Sweden more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Fingal.

How Common Is The Last Name Fingal? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 380,576th most numerous last name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 7,777,530 people. It occurs mostly in The Americas, where 62 percent of Fingal are found; 33 percent are found in Caribbean and 31 percent are found in Scandinavia. It is also the 1,775,424th most frequent first name throughout the world, held by 34 people.

The surname Fingal is most prevalent in Sweden, where it is borne by 280 people, or 1 in 35,167. In Sweden it is mostly concentrated in: Västra Götaland County, where 19 percent are found, Östergötland County, where 17 percent are found and Stockholm County, where 17 percent are found. Aside from Sweden Fingal exists in 26 countries. It is also found in Aruba, where 29 percent are found and The United States, where 24 percent are found.

Fingal Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Fingal has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Fingal surname grew 11,050 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Fingal Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Fingal last name are 8.31% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 61.54% being registered with the political party.

The amount Fingal earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 55.91% more than the national average, earning 539,576 kr per year; in United States they earn 20.08% more than the national average, earning $51,814 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.09% more than the national average, earning $50,224 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Fingall92101/
Fingale9249/
Fingahl924/
Final91795/
Fngal916/
Fisngall861/
Finale831,006/
Fengal83152/
Vingal8391/
Finall8375/
Fainal8318/
Fingol831/
Finald831/
Fignal831/
Fional830/
Fingalova801/
Fingold77209/
Fengale7720/
Finalle7719/
Fenghal774/
Fainall773/
Finatel772/
Faingol772/
Fingole771/
Feingol771/
Fingolt771/
Feinald770/
Finol7314,971/
Vinal73937/
Fenal7338/
Finalova718/
Finachel713/
Phingale711/
Vinhal671,888/
Vinall671,453/
Vengal67406/
Phinal6782/
Finold6739/
Vainal6729/
Vihnal6723/
Fenald6720/
Finoll6711/
Fainol678/
Fenale674/
Fenall674/
Veinal673/
Fignol672/
Vineal671/
Fenhal671/
Feenal671/
Vinahl671/
Vienal671/
Fajnal671/
Feneal671/
Finoil671/
Finole671/
Fnggol671/
Vingol670/

Fingal Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Fingal in the Russian language
Фингалfingal-

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