Finlays Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sri Lanka
Highest density in:
Sri Lanka

Finlays Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Finlays Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sri Lanka41:5,202,14012,146
England11:55,718,059489,080
France11:66,422,722504,397
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Finlays Last Name Facts

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

The surname Finlays occurs most in Sri Lanka. It can appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Finlays? popularity and diffusion

Finlays is the 6,723,624th most widespread family name in the world It is held by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 63 percent of Finlays are found; 50 percent are found in South Asia and 50 percent are found in Indo-South Asia.

The surname Finlays is most common in Sri Lanka, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 5,202,140. Outside of Sri Lanka this last name exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in England, where 13 percent live and France, where 13 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Finlay9224,909/
Finlass864/
Finnlay863/
Finlayd861/
Finly8375/
Finla837/
Finley7754,888/
Finlac77292/
Finlis7726/
Finlea778/
Fenlay776/
Finnly774/
Vinlas773/
Vinlay771/
Finlla771/
Finlat771/
Fenlys771/
Fionly771/
Finluy771/
Finlaz771/
Fimlay771/
Finlya771/
Finlah770/
Finlly770/
Finloy770/
Fnla731/
Finnley7145/
Finless7113/
Fienley716/
Finleya712/
Finlley712/
Finnlla711/
Finloey711/
Finlish710/
Finleiy710/
Fenlass710/
Finloyd710/
Finlace710/
Fenly67711/
Finnelly67138/
Finle6728/
Finli6717/
Fynly671/
Vienllay671/
Fønly671/
Fnley671/
Finnlley671/
Finnilly670/
Vinla670/

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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 Finlays
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