Finlaw Surname

772,238th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 368 people bear this surname

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

Finlaw Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Finlaw Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3361:1,078,74778,479
England311:1,797,35772,927
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England81:3,046,92180,371
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States441:1,141,33465,198

Finlaw Last Name Facts

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

The surname Finlaw is more frequently found in The United States than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Finlaw? popularity and diffusion

The surname Finlaw is the 772,238th most frequently used family name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 19,803,114 people. The last name Finlaw is primarily found in The Americas, where 91 percent of Finlaw live; 91 percent live in North America and 91 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The surname Finlaw is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is carried by 336 people, or 1 in 1,078,747. In The United States Finlaw is most common in: Ohio, where 33 percent reside, New Jersey, where 26 percent reside and Florida, where 11 percent reside. Apart from The United States it exists in 2 countries. It is also found in England, where 8 percent reside and Sweden, where 0 percent reside.

Finlaw Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Finlaw has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Finlaw surname expanded 764 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 388 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Finlaw Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Finlaw last name are 27.72% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 74.49% being registered to vote for the party.

Finlaw earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 0.53% less than the national average, earning $42,920 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Finlow83234/
Fenlaw8377/
Vinlaw831/
Finleyw770/
Phinlaws711/
Fenlow6718/
Finlov676/
Vinlav671/
Fnlowe671/
Finlof671/
Finloft621/
Finloff620/
Fennellow536/
Fenlob503/

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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 Finlaw
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