Finighan Surname

3,373,373rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 34 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Australia
Highest density in:
Wales

Finighan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Finighan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Australia221:1,227,07766,405
Wales51:618,90625,852
England41:13,929,515290,718
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
France11:66,422,722504,397
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England251:975,01539,671
Wales61:261,4039,165
Scotland41:935,80421,348
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Finighan Last Name Facts

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

The last name Finighan is found in Australia more than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Finighan click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Finighan? popularity and diffusion

It is the 3,373,373rd most prevalent surname globally It is held by around 1 in 214,339,586 people. The last name Finighan is mostly found in Oceania, where 65 percent of Finighan live; 65 percent live in Australasia and 65 percent live in Australia and New Zealand.

Finighan is most frequently occurring in Australia, where it is carried by 22 people, or 1 in 1,227,077. In Australia Finighan is most prevalent in: Victoria, where 100 percent live. Excluding Australia it occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Wales, where 15 percent live and England, where 12 percent live.

Finighan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Finighan has changed through the years. In Wales the share of the population with the last name fell 17 percent between 1881 and 2014; in England it fell 84 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it rose 200 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Finighang9420/
Finigan931,225/
Finhigan881/
Finigang881/
Finiegan880/
Fineghan880/
Finegan804,537/
Fenigan8011/
Funigan800/
Finigam800/
Finugan800/
Fineagan7535/
Fihnegan751/
Funnigan751/
Feneghan751/
Fainigam751/
Fienugan750/
Fineegan750/
Phinigan750/
Fainegan750/
Fuinegan750/
Fenegan6742/
Fineganová672/
Venigan671/
Vinegan670/
Phinegan632/
Finegain630/
Venegan535/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • 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 Finighan
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