Finnegan Surname

20,834th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 26,191 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Ireland

Finnegan Surname Definition:

(Celtic) Of Fair Complexion [Irish Fi(o)nnagan—fi(o)nn, fair, white + the diminutive suff. -gan, earlier -can]

Finnegan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States15,1641:23,9033,009
Ireland5,1311:918169
England3,0811:18,0842,594
Northern Ireland8601:2,145445
Australia5951:45,3715,698
Canada5421:67,9817,833
Scotland2301:23,2772,610
New Zealand991:45,7417,523
Thailand881:802,708129,613
South Africa851:637,38547,411
Wales571:54,2904,971
Argentina381:1,124,82767,975
Jamaica331:86,9683,873
Netherlands151:1,125,81268,885
United Arab Emirates141:654,44824,061
Denmark141:403,19427,097
Singapore131:423,66918,211
Spain131:3,596,31069,669
Germany121:6,708,788223,026
Ecuador91:1,767,31620,027
Malaysia91:3,277,136121,952
Estonia81:165,22626,217
Russia81:18,015,382436,635
Belize71:50,7822,565
United States Virgin Islands71:15,7682,111
France71:9,488,960336,266
Sweden61:1,641,126116,183
Turkey41:19,455,356155,681
Belgium31:3,832,215117,288
Indonesia31:44,083,065698,220
China21:683,660,78330,601
Ukraine21:22,761,348425,733
Cayman Islands21:31,9461,715
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Mexico21:62,063,10283,384
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Albania11:2,914,05529,474
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
East Timor11:1,215,928507
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Haiti11:10,683,90724,607
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Jersey11:99,2026,620
Rwanda11:11,364,9785,947
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland2,1561:2,055392
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1591:153,30413,459
Scotland521:71,9854,169
Wales11:1,568,41619,290
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3,0081:16,6952,130

Finnegan (101) may also be a first name.

Finnegan Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Celtic) Of Fair Complexion [Irish Fi(o)nnagan—fi(o)nn, fair, white + the diminutive suff. -gan, earlier -can]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Ó Fionnagáin One sept of O’Finnegan belongs to the Galway-Roscommon border, the other to Breffny (Cavan). IF 141; Plate XI

A Guide to Irish Names (1964) by Edward MacLysaght

Ó Fionnagáin One sept of O’Finnegan belongs to the Galway-Roscommon border, the other to Breffny (Cavan). IF 141; Plate XI

A Guide to Irish Names (1964) by Edward MacLysaght

(Irish) Descendant of little Fionn (fair).

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Finnegan Last Name Facts

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

Finnegan (Russian: Финнеган) is held by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Finnegan? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 20,834th most commonly held surname internationally It is held by around 1 in 278,246 people. This surname is primarily found in The Americas, where 60 percent of Finnegan live; 60 percent live in North America and 60 percent live in Anglo-North America. Finnegan is also the 940,641st most prevalent given name on earth, borne by 101 people.

It is most frequently used in The United States, where it is carried by 15,164 people, or 1 in 23,903. In The United States Finnegan is primarily concentrated in: New York, where 12 percent are found, Pennsylvania, where 8 percent are found and California, where 8 percent are found. Other than The United States Finnegan occurs in 58 countries. It is also common in Ireland, where 20 percent are found and England, where 12 percent are found.

Finnegan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Finnegan has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Finnegan surname increased 504 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Ireland it increased 238 percent between 1901 and 2014; in England it increased 1,938 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it increased 442 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it increased 5,700 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Finnegan Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Finnegan surname is primarily Catholic (96%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Finnegan last name are 7.52% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 54.29% registered with the political party.

The amount Finnegan earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 52.14% more than the national average, earning R 361,548 per year; in United States they earn 13.99% more than the national average, earning $49,185 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.84% more than the national average, earning $50,597 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Finnegan Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Finnegan in the Russian language
Финнеганfinnegan-

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