Finglas Surname
Approximately 492 people bear this surname
Finglas Surname Definition:
This is a toponymic derived from the village of Finglas, now a suburb of Dublin, and is on record ever since the Anglo-Norman influx in the thirteenth century. From that time families of the name have been mostly located in Dublin or in the counties of the Pale.
Read More About This SurnameFinglas Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 342 | 1:13,769 | 1,610 |
| Australia | 57 | 1:473,609 | 36,415 |
| United States | 45 | 1:8,054,643 | 356,745 |
| England | 42 | 1:1,326,620 | 59,571 |
| Israel | 4 | 1:2,139,408 | 95,907 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1:8,816,442 | 9,272 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 32 | 1:138,433 | 7,742 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Finglas Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This is a toponymic derived from the village of Finglas, now a suburb of Dublin, and is on record ever since the Anglo-Norman influx in the thirteenth century. From that time families of the name have been mostly located in Dublin or in the counties of the Pale. They are not numerous now, but from mediaeval to early modern times individuals of the name have been constantly in prominent positions.
At first we only meet them in the law-courts of Co. Dublin as jurors or sureties or litigants, e.g. four men called de Fynglas who appeared in the archbishop's court at Finglas in 1256. Similar references occur in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. In the sixteenth they become more numerous. In that century Patrick Fynglas, author of the “Breviat of Ireland”, was chief justice of the King's Bench in 1534 and four others of the name held high legal office. In 1560 Thomas Finglas of Westphalstown was M.P. for Co. Dublin, while in the “Perambulation of the Pale” in 1596 Finglas of Tobersool (alias of Tobertown) was one of the “men of name” in Co. Dublin. At the same time some of them occupied much humbler positions, as for example Patrick, Peter and Roger Fynglas who were among the Irish kern mustered for service in England in 1544. Coming to the seventeenth century we have a Finglas mentioned several times in official correspondence of 1646 to 1648 and described as “lieutenant-colonel of the rebels” and four Co. Dublin men of the name were outlawed for their participation in the Rising of 1641. From that on they were less prominent and lost their status as large landowners; though a document of the Penal Code informs us that Andrew Finglass, 80 year old parish priest of Balrothery, was living at Tobertown, presumably on some portion of the ancestral property in, 1698. They were ‘to be found thenceforward in the professional and commercial classes and notably, too, in the ranks of the established clergy.
This is one of the few Irish toponymics. It appears frequently in records relating to Co. Dublin from the thirteenth century. SIF 69
Finglas Demographics
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Finglas Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Finglas Come From? nationality or country of origin
Finglas occurs in Ireland more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Finglas? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 623,516th most commonly occurring surname at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 14,812,085 people. The surname Finglas is predominantly found in Europe, where 78 percent of Finglas are found; 78 percent are found in Northern Europe and 78 percent are found in British Isles.
Finglas is most prevalent in Ireland, where it is held by 342 people, or 1 in 13,769. In Ireland Finglas is most common in: Leinster, where 90 percent live, Munster, where 9 percent live and Connaught, where 0 percent live. Outside of Ireland this surname occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 12 percent live and The United States, where 9 percent live.
Finglas Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Finglas has changed over time. In Ireland the number of people bearing the Finglas last name expanded 1,069 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in The United States it expanded 4,500 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Finglas Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Finglas last name is principally Catholic (100%) in Ireland.
In The United States those holding the Finglas last name are 31.39% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 84.62% registered with the political party.
Finglas earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 17.29% more than the national average, earning $50,609 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finglass | 93 | 135 | / |
| Fingla | 92 | 1 | / |
| Vinglas | 86 | 100 | / |
| Finglah | 86 | 5 | / |
| Finglay | 86 | 1 | / |
| Vinglass | 80 | 12 | / |
| Vingla | 77 | 206 | / |
| Fengla | 77 | 10 | / |
| Finglo | 77 | 1 | / |
| Fenglai | 71 | 9 | / |
| Fingley | 71 | 6 | / |
| Phingla | 71 | 1 | / |
| Venglass | 67 | 28 | / |
| Fingello | 67 | 3 | / |
| Fenglois | 67 | 0 | / |
| Finngley | 67 | 0 | / |
| Vengla | 62 | 12 | / |
| Finningley | 59 | 11 | / |
| Fengluo | 57 | 14 | / |
| Fenglei | 57 | 9 | / |
| Venglaž | 57 | 4 | / |
| Phengla | 57 | 4 | / |
| Venglos | 57 | 1 | / |
| Fengley | 57 | 1 | / |
| Phaengla | 53 | 314 | / |
| Phuengla | 53 | 84 | / |
| Phenglai | 53 | 30 | / |
| Phenglap | 53 | 23 | / |
| Pheungla | 53 | 4 | / |
| Phenglat | 53 | 4 | / |
| Phengloa | 53 | 2 | / |
| Phenglay | 53 | 1 | / |
| Vengella | 53 | 1 | / |
| Phionglo | 53 | 1 | / |
| Vingiello | 50 | 40 | / |
| Phuenggla | 50 | 1 | / |
| Phaenglai | 50 | 1 | / |
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