Finletter Surname

3,882,373rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 26 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Jamaica
Highest density in:
Jamaica

Finletter Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Finletter Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Jamaica171:168,8205,436
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
England41:13,929,515290,718
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:12,187,685173,419
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States101:5,021,868210,693

Finletter Last Name Facts

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

The surname Finletter is carried by more people in Jamaica than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Finletter? popularity and diffusion

The last name Finletter is the 3,882,373rd most commonly used surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 280,290,228 people. This last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 85 percent of Finletter reside; 65 percent reside in Caribbean and 65 percent reside in Anglo-Caribbean.

This last name is most frequently held in Jamaica, where it is carried by 17 people, or 1 in 168,820. In Jamaica Finletter is most frequent in: Cornwall County, where 94 percent are found and Surrey County, where 6 percent are found. Excluding Jamaica Finletter is found in 2 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 19 percent are found and England, where 15 percent are found.

Finletter Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Finletter has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname fell 50 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 200 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Fienletter950/
Fineleter891/
Finlettar891/
Finlattery841/
Finlater827/
Fenleter821/
Finalteri7878/
Finlayter7842/
Finlator7144/
Vonltter712/
Vanleter711/
Finlaytor679/
Finaltéri671/

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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 Finletter
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis