Fingar Surname

623,516th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 492 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Fingar Surname Definition:

(German) One with a peculiar or unusual finger; one who came from a place using this word in some transferred sense.

Fingar Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4641:781,16160,501
France241:2,767,613196,808
England21:27,859,030389,889
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Niger11:19,192,017110,060
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1481:339,31526,182

Fingar (17) may also be a first name.

Fingar Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(German) One with a peculiar or unusual finger; one who came from a place using this word in some transferred sense.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Fingar Last Name Facts

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

Fingar is found in The United States more than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Fingar? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 623,516th most widely held last name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 14,812,085 people. The last name is predominantly found in The Americas, where 94 percent of Fingar live; 94 percent live in North America and 94 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 2,694,839th most frequently occurring first name globally, held by 17 people.

Fingar is most prevalent in The United States, where it is carried by 464 people, or 1 in 781,161. In The United States Fingar is most prevalent in: New York, where 44 percent are found, Florida, where 11 percent are found and South Carolina, where 6 percent are found. Besides The United States it occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in France, where 5 percent are found and England, where 0 percent are found.

Fingar Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Fingar has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Fingar surname increased 314 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Fingar Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Fingar last name are 23.82% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 70.59% registered to vote for the party.

Fingar earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 12.95% more than the national average, earning $48,736 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Fingard9234/
Fingare926/
Faingar921/
Fingarr920/
Finar9126/
Finngard861/
Finard83201/
Finart83142/
Fignar83129/
Finare83123/
Vingar8323/
Fengar8318/
Finear8315/
Finaur838/
Fisnar837/
Feinar834/
Fingor832/
Fihnar831/
Fainar830/
Fingarova8086/
Finngaard804/
Foinard7733/
Feinard7716/
Phingar7714/
Finhart7712/
Faingor776/
Viengar775/
Feinare771/
Finaure771/
Fienaar771/
Fengare771/
Feinaur771/
Fengard771/
Fineart770/
Faingneart751/
Vinar73538/
Fenar73160/
Finor7386/
Fynar7313/
Faignart7183/
Faignard7176/
Fijnhaar7120/
Finarova713/
Fijnaart712/
Fenard67519/
Fenart67386/
Finore67157/
Voinar6790/
Vengar6763/
Vainar6761/
Fénart6731/
Fainor6721/
Finohr6713/
Fyhnar6712/
Vinhar6711/
Veinar678/
Feinor673/
Vinair673/
Fignor673/
Vinear672/
Vinayr671/
Finord671/
Finort671/
Finour671/
Vienar671/
Fénard671/
Fineir671/

Search for Another Surname

Fingar Reference & Research

Finger FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data

By signing up to the mailing list you will only receive emails specifically about name reference on Forebears and your information will not be distributed to 3rd parties.

Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Descriptions may contain details on the name's etymology, origin, ethnicity and history. They are largely reproduced from 3rd party sources; diligence is advised on accepting their validity - more information
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Fingar
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis