Finger Surname
Approximately 26,631 people bear this surname
Finger Surname Definition:
(German) One with a peculiar or unusual finger; one who came from a place using this word in some transferred sense.
Finger Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 10,375 | 1:7,760 | 971 |
| United States | 7,263 | 1:49,905 | 6,042 |
| Brazil | 3,998 | 1:53,545 | 2,055 |
| South Africa | 2,620 | 1:20,679 | 2,620 |
| Switzerland | 646 | 1:12,713 | 2,104 |
| Australia | 634 | 1:42,580 | 5,422 |
| Czechia | 170 | 1:62,550 | 10,463 |
| Poland | 126 | 1:301,657 | 35,796 |
| Argentina | 124 | 1:344,705 | 27,064 |
| France | 102 | 1:651,203 | 84,246 |
| Austria | 102 | 1:83,485 | 12,474 |
| Paraguay | 71 | 1:101,926 | 2,371 |
| Canada | 58 | 1:635,269 | 52,014 |
| Chile | 52 | 1:338,778 | 9,521 |
| England | 45 | 1:1,238,179 | 56,985 |
| Netherlands | 41 | 1:411,882 | 42,990 |
| Spain | 23 | 1:2,032,697 | 53,462 |
| Israel | 21 | 1:407,506 | 32,346 |
| Thailand | 16 | 1:4,414,897 | 343,519 |
| Sweden | 13 | 1:757,443 | 56,422 |
| Norway | 12 | 1:428,524 | 37,411 |
| Denmark | 11 | 1:513,156 | 32,022 |
| India | 9 | 1:85,229,487 | 684,495 |
| Indonesia | 7 | 1:18,892,742 | 520,071 |
| China | 6 | 1:227,886,928 | 11,701 |
| New Zealand | 6 | 1:754,720 | 41,661 |
| Peru | 5 | 1:6,356,825 | 38,776 |
| Papua New Guinea | 5 | 1:1,630,743 | 129,019 |
| Malta | 4 | 1:107,568 | 1,849 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Malaysia | 4 | 1:7,373,556 | 230,001 |
| Italy | 4 | 1:15,289,172 | 132,955 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Liechtenstein | 2 | 1:19,189 | 1,439 |
| Ecuador | 2 | 1:7,952,923 | 34,269 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Hong Kong | 2 | 1:3,667,742 | 11,574 |
| Croatia | 2 | 1:2,114,302 | 85,143 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Bulgaria | 2 | 1:3,489,452 | 64,958 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Greenland | 1 | 1:56,379 | 1,133 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 7 | 1:632,838 | 19,259 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 20 | 1:1,218,768 | 44,985 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,105 | 1:45,447 | 5,258 |
Finger (165) may also be a first name.
Finger 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.
Finger Demographics
Average Male Finger Height
176.72 cm
Average Female Finger Height
162.75 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Finger Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Finger Come From? nationality or country of origin
Finger is found most frequently in Germany. It may be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Finger? popularity and diffusion
The last name Finger is the 20,520th most common family name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 273,649 people. It is primarily found in Europe, where 44 percent of Finger live; 42 percent live in Western Europe and 41 percent live in Germanic Europe. It is also the 712,876th most widely held given name worldwide. It is borne by 165 people.
The surname is most frequently used in Germany, where it is carried by 10,375 people, or 1 in 7,760. In Germany it is most prevalent in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 22 percent reside, Hesse, where 15 percent reside and Bavaria, where 12 percent reside. Not including Germany it exists in 71 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 27 percent reside and Brazil, where 15 percent reside.
Finger Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Finger has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Finger last name rose 657 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 225 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it contracted 86 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Finger Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is primarily Catholic (100%) in Ireland and Orthodox (75%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those bearing the Finger surname are 34.33% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 87.56% being registered with the political party.
The amount Finger earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 14.56% less than the national average, earning 295,687 kr per year; in Peru they earn 876.04% more than the national average, earning S/. 189,205 per year; in South Africa they earn 33.53% less than the national average, earning R 157,956 per year; in United States they earn 4.51% more than the national average, earning $45,094 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.62% more than the national average, earning $52,475 CAD per year.
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Finger 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.
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Footnotes
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