Finigan Surname

308,137th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,225 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Guernsey

Finigan Surname Definition:

= Finnegan, q.v.

Finigan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States8381:432,52937,287
England1801:309,54523,336
Canada1131:326,06729,799
Australia631:428,50333,982
New Zealand111:411,66631,040
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Mexico21:62,063,10283,384
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Guernsey11:64,4392,137
France11:66,422,722504,397
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland1521:29,1442,983
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England3791:64,3157,406
Scotland851:44,0383,203
Wales11:1,568,41619,290
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States6511:77,1418,199

Finigan (13) may also be a first name.

Finigan Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

= Finnegan, q.v.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(Irish) Descendant of little Fionn (fair).

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

From the Irish O’Finnegan; a personal name.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

Finigan Last Name Facts

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

The surname Finigan (Russian: Финиган) is found most in The United States. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Finigan? popularity and diffusion

It is the 308,137th most frequently held family name on earth, held by around 1 in 5,949,017 people. This surname is primarily found in The Americas, where 66 percent of Finigan reside; 66 percent reside in North America and 65 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Finigan is also the 3,159,357th most commonly occurring given name world-wide, borne by 13 people.

This surname is most common in The United States, where it is held by 838 people, or 1 in 432,529. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: Massachusetts, where 13 percent reside, Texas, where 13 percent reside and Florida, where 8 percent reside. Besides The United States it occurs in 17 countries. It is also found in England, where 15 percent reside and Canada, where 9 percent reside.

Finigan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Finigan has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Finigan last name rose 129 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it contracted 53 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it contracted 99 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Finigan Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the surname is principally Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Finigan last name are 11.06% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 64.29% being registered with the political party.

The amount Finigan earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 9.31% more than the national average, earning $47,167 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.4% less than the national average, earning $47,995 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Finighan9334/
Finhigan931/
Finigang931/
Finiegan930/
Finighang8820/
Finegan864,537/
Fenigan8611/
Funigan860/
Finugan860/
Finigam860/
Fineagan8035/
Funnigan801/
Fihnegan801/
Fainigam801/
Fienugan800/
Finegain800/
Fineegan800/
Phinigan800/
Fainegan800/
Fuinegan800/
Fineghan800/
Fenegan7142/
Fineganová712/
Venigan711/
Vinegan710/
Phinegan672/
Feneghan671/
Venegan575/

Finigan Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Finigan in the Russian language
Финиганfinigan-

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