Finlyson Surname
Approximately 17 people bear this surname
Finlyson Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 13 | 1:4,286,005 | 132,302 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 17 | 1:220,189 | 7,953 |
| England | 6 | 1:4,062,562 | 101,150 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:12,554,671 | 503,821 |
Finlyson Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Finlyson Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Finlyson is held by more people in England than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Finlyson? popularity and diffusion
The last name Finlyson is the 4,772,636th most numerous surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 428,679,172 people. The last name Finlyson occurs mostly in Europe, where 82 percent of Finlyson live; 82 percent live in Northern Europe and 82 percent live in British Isles.
The surname is most widespread in England, where it is borne by 13 people, or 1 in 4,286,005. In England Finlyson is mostly concentrated in: Warwickshire, where 46 percent live, Tyne and Wear, where 31 percent live and Worcestershire, where 8 percent live. Outside of England this surname occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 6 percent live and Jamaica, where 6 percent live.
Finlyson Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Finlyson has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held the Finlyson surname expanded 217 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it fell 94 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it fell 75 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Finlyson
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