Finister Surname

518,760th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 628 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Isle of Man

Finister Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Finister Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4761:761,46859,318
England681:819,38343,863
Australia581:465,44335,949
Northern Ireland101:184,5049,341
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
Wales41:773,63329,106
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Isle of Man11:85,8224,091
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England151:1,625,02553,310
Scotland121:311,9359,798
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States231:2,183,421107,224

Finister (18) may also be a first name.

Finister Last Name Facts

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

Finister occurs more in The United States more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Finister click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Finister? popularity and diffusion

The last name Finister is the 518,760th most common surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 11,604,372 people. This last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 77 percent of Finister live; 76 percent live in North America and 76 percent live in Anglo-North America. Finister is also the 2,608,198th most commonly occurring first name at a global level, held by 18 people.

The last name is most frequently held in The United States, where it is held by 476 people, or 1 in 761,468. In The United States it is primarily concentrated in: California, where 27 percent are found, Louisiana, where 21 percent are found and Texas, where 20 percent are found. Apart from The United States this last name is found in 10 countries. It is also common in England, where 11 percent are found and Australia, where 9 percent are found.

Finister Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Finister has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Finister last name grew 2,070 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 453 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it decreased 92 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Finister Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Finister surname are 4.24% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 57.47% being registered with the political party.

Finister earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 17.43% less than the national average, earning $35,626 USD per year.

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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
  • 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 Finister
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