Finistere Surname
Approximately 20 people bear this surname
Finistere Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saint Lucia | 14 | 1:12,770 | 1,181 |
| France | 4 | 1:16,605,680 | 368,153 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
The alternate forms: Finistère (1) are calculated separately.
Finistere Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Finistere Come From? nationality or country of origin
Finistere is more frequently found in Saint Lucia than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as: Finistère. For other potential spellings of Finistere click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Finistere? popularity and diffusion
It is the 4,427,875th most frequently used last name internationally, held by around 1 in 364,377,296 people. The last name is primarily found in The Americas, where 70 percent of Finistere are found; 70 percent are found in Caribbean and 70 percent are found in Anglo-Caribbean.
This last name is most commonly used in Saint Lucia, where it is borne by 14 people, or 1 in 12,770. In Saint Lucia Finistere is most prevalent in: Praslin Quarter, where 43 percent live, Gros Islet Quarter, where 36 percent live and Dauphin Quarter, where 21 percent live. Outside of Saint Lucia Finistere occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in France, where 20 percent live and Belgium, where 5 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finistère | 96 | 1 | / |
| Finisterre | 95 | 61 | / |
| Finistiere | 95 | 1 | / |
| Finister | 94 | 628 | / |
| Finistre | 94 | 17 | / |
| Finistierre | 90 | 1 | / |
| Pfinister | 89 | 1 | / |
| Feinister | 89 | 0 | / |
| Finiter | 88 | 2 | / |
| Finisterra | 84 | 125 | / |
| Finestre | 82 | 29 | / |
| Finester | 82 | 7 | / |
| Fenister | 82 | 2 | / |
| Vinister | 82 | 1 | / |
| Phinister | 78 | 6 | / |
| Feanister | 78 | 0 | / |
| Feenister | 78 | 0 | / |
| Feniter | 75 | 0 | / |
| Fenestre | 71 | 136 | / |
| Fenester | 71 | 0 | / |
| Vinistari | 67 | 20 | / |
| Feenester | 67 | 0 | / |
| Fenetre | 63 | 114 | / |
| Vineter | 63 | 15 | / |
| Fenêtre | 63 | 5 | / |
| Veniter | 63 | 1 | / |
| Pheenister | 63 | 0 | / |
| Vinetter | 59 | 7 | / |
| Venester | 59 | 1 | / |
| Vineatier | 56 | 1 | / |
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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 Finistere
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