Finkelstein Surname
Approximately 13,872 people bear this surname
Finkelstein Surname Definition:
“Carbuncle Stone”. Abbreviation for German Karfunkelstein, used in jewellery.
Read More About This SurnameFinkelstein Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 8,262 | 1:43,871 | 5,373 |
| Israel | 3,181 | 1:2,690 | 352 |
| Canada | 586 | 1:62,876 | 7,356 |
| Argentina | 445 | 1:96,053 | 8,090 |
| France | 332 | 1:200,068 | 31,101 |
| Australia | 203 | 1:132,984 | 14,423 |
| South Africa | 167 | 1:324,417 | 30,492 |
| Germany | 120 | 1:670,879 | 52,024 |
| Brazil | 104 | 1:2,058,407 | 65,034 |
| Chile | 75 | 1:234,886 | 7,175 |
| England | 73 | 1:763,261 | 41,903 |
| Mexico | 69 | 1:1,798,931 | 17,818 |
| Poland | 55 | 1:691,068 | 59,060 |
| Dominican Republic | 31 | 1:336,546 | 11,471 |
| Denmark | 27 | 1:209,064 | 16,975 |
| Belgium | 20 | 1:574,832 | 53,219 |
| Thailand | 14 | 1:5,045,596 | 363,835 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| Sweden | 11 | 1:895,160 | 66,831 |
| Uruguay | 9 | 1:381,306 | 22,825 |
| Russia | 8 | 1:18,015,382 | 436,635 |
| Belarus | 8 | 1:1,187,632 | 77,603 |
| Switzerland | 6 | 1:1,368,819 | 77,571 |
| Jamaica | 6 | 1:478,324 | 10,136 |
| Venezuela | 5 | 1:6,040,815 | 47,898 |
| Colombia | 5 | 1:9,554,814 | 25,159 |
| Peru | 4 | 1:7,946,031 | 41,846 |
| Luxembourg | 3 | 1:193,514 | 7,046 |
| Hong Kong | 3 | 1:2,445,161 | 9,595 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Romania | 2 | 1:10,038,935 | 80,612 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| Ukraine | 2 | 1:22,761,348 | 425,733 |
| Greece | 2 | 1:5,539,895 | 129,142 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Turkmenistan | 1 | 1:5,489,112 | 11,427 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 15 | 1:1,625,025 | 53,310 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1:1,247,739 | 24,719 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 106 | 1:473,761 | 33,810 |
Finkelstein (18) may also be a first name.
Finkelstein Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
“Carbuncle Stone”. Abbreviation for German Karfunkelstein, used in jewellery.
(German) Pyrites; descendant of Finkel (little bird), with the addition of “stein" to give the name a German look and sound.
(an invented surname) or (from the name of a female ancestor) The Yiddish for pyrite, a mineral which, according to folklore, brought good luck and was, therefore, selected as a family name. A second possibility is that it is a matronym from Finkel, a popular name for Jewish women in medieval Germany.
User-submitted Reference
A surname from Old High German, meaning 'spark stone'. Funkelstein meant pyrite (Adler German-English Dictionary, 1864). The Yiddish version of pyrite, finkelstein, could have denoted bareketh, one of the 12 tribe stones of High Priest's breastplate (Exodus 28:17). Common amongst Ashkenazi Jews.
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Average Male Finkelstein Height
176.62 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Finkelstein Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Finkelstein Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Finkelstein is found in The United States more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Finkelstein? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 37,955th most prevalent family name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 525,342 people. The surname Finkelstein occurs mostly in The Americas, where 68 percent of Finkelstein are found; 63 percent are found in North America and 61 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Finkelstein is also the 2,608,198th most commonly held first name internationally, held by 18 people.
This surname is most frequently used in The United States, where it is carried by 8,262 people, or 1 in 43,871. In The United States it is most common in: New York, where 29 percent reside, Florida, where 11 percent reside and California, where 10 percent reside. Other than The United States it is found in 50 countries. It is also common in Israel, where 23 percent reside and Canada, where 4 percent reside.
Finkelstein Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Finkelstein has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Finkelstein surname expanded 7,794 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 487 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it fell 33 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Finkelstein Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Finkelstein last name are 41.96% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 95.19% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Finkelstein earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 185.09% more than the national average, earning S/. 55,264 per year; in South Africa they earn 81.25% more than the national average, earning R 430,716 per year; in United States they earn 31.81% more than the national average, earning $56,874 USD per year and in Canada they earn 48.36% more than the national average, earning $73,711 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finkelshtein | 96 | 110 | / |
| Finkelsztein | 96 | 46 | / |
| Finkielstein | 96 | 34 | / |
| Finkelsteine | 96 | 3 | / |
| Finkelsthein | 96 | 1 | / |
| Finkelsteinn | 96 | 1 | / |
| Finklstein | 95 | 8 | / |
| Fnkelstein | 95 | 1 | / |
| Finkielsztein | 92 | 126 | / |
| Finklestein | 91 | 324 | / |
| Finkilstein | 91 | 33 | / |
| Finkelsteyn | 91 | 26 | / |
| Finkelstain | 91 | 26 | / |
| Finkelstien | 91 | 25 | / |
| Finkelstine | 91 | 24 | / |
| Finkelsteim | 91 | 2 | / |
| Vinkelstein | 91 | 2 | / |
| Fynkelstein | 91 | 1 | / |
| Finkelstean | 91 | 1 | / |
| Finkelsteen | 91 | 0 | / |
| Fincelstein | 91 | 0 | / |
| Finkelsteinová | 88 | 1 | / |
| Finkelshteyn | 87 | 718 | / |
| Fynkelshtein | 87 | 148 | / |
| Finchelstein | 87 | 62 | / |
| Finkelsztejn | 87 | 42 | / |
| Finquelstein | 87 | 36 | / |
| Finkelshtain | 87 | 20 | / |
| Finkelsztain | 87 | 11 | / |
| Finkielstain | 87 | 9 | / |
| Finkelshtien | 87 | 3 | / |
| Finkilshtein | 87 | 2 | / |
| Finkielstejn | 87 | 1 | / |
| Finkielztein | 87 | 1 | / |
| Finkelshtyen | 87 | 1 | / |
| Finkielsztejn | 83 | 75 | / |
| Finkielsztain | 83 | 11 | / |
| Finkkelshteyn | 83 | 1 | / |
| Finkelchteine | 83 | 1 | / |
| Finklestine | 82 | 22 | / |
| Finklestien | 82 | 5 | / |
| Finkelşteyn | 82 | 1 | / |
| Finkelštejn | 82 | 1 | / |
| Fimkelstain | 82 | 1 | / |
| Finkelsztajn | 78 | 53 | / |
| Fynkylshtein | 78 | 19 | / |
| Finkilshteyn | 78 | 9 | / |
| Finkelshtayn | 78 | 4 | / |
| Fenkelshteyn | 78 | 2 | / |
| Fenchelstein | 78 | 1 | / |
| Finkelchteyn | 78 | 1 | / |
| Fimkelchtein | 78 | 1 | / |
| Finkielstajn | 78 | 1 | / |
| Finkielsztajn | 75 | 49 | / |
| Finkielsztoyn | 75 | 3 | / |
| Fimkelshteym | 70 | 2 | / |
| Finklesztajn | 70 | 1 | / |
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