Finkelston Surname

2,220,661st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 73 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Finkelston Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Finkelston Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States721:5,034,152256,679
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland51:748,64318,576
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:12,554,671503,821

Finkelston Last Name Facts

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

The surname Finkelston is more frequently found in The United States than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Finkelston? popularity and diffusion

Finkelston is the 2,220,661st most widespread surname throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 99,829,396 people. It occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 95 percent of Finkelston are found; 95 percent are found in North America and 95 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

This last name is most frequently used in The United States, where it is held by 72 people, or 1 in 5,034,152. In The United States it is mostly found in: Pennsylvania, where 40 percent live, Maryland, where 14 percent live and Kansas, where 10 percent live. Aside from The United States this surname exists in one country. It also occurs in Hong Kong, where 1 percent live.

Finkelston Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Finkelston has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Finkelston surname rose 1,800 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Finkelston Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Finkelston last name are 37.44% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 84.21% registered with the party.

Finkelston earn significantly more than the average income. In United States they earn 34.02% more than the national average, earning $57,829 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
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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 Finkelston
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