Finlayter Surname

3,017,195th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 42 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Jamaica
Highest density in:
Jamaica

Finlayter Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Finlayter Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Jamaica201:143,4975,007
England191:2,932,529101,561
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland21:1,871,60827,884

Finlayter Last Name Facts

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

The surname Finlayter is more commonly found in Jamaica than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Finlayter? popularity and diffusion

Finlayter is the 3,017,195th most frequently held surname worldwide, borne by around 1 in 173,512,998 people. Finlayter occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 48 percent of Finlayter live; 48 percent live in Caribbean and 48 percent live in Anglo-Caribbean.

This last name is most widely held in Jamaica, where it is carried by 20 people, or 1 in 143,497. In Jamaica Finlayter is most prevalent in: Surrey County, where 55 percent reside and Cornwall County, where 45 percent reside. Not including Jamaica this surname exists in 4 countries. It is also found in England, where 45 percent reside and Lebanon, where 2 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Finlater947/
Finlaytor899/
Finlattery841/
Finlator8244/
Finalteri7878/
Finletter7826/
Fineleter781/
Fienletter740/
Fenlator7114/
Fenleter711/
Funlytar711/
Finlettar671/
Finaltéri671/
Phenlate591/
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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 Finlayter
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