Finnerty Surname

48,728th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 10,573 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Ireland

Finnerty Surname Definition:

(Celtic) the Irish OFionnachtaigh, Descendant of Fionnachtach [from Irish fionn, white, fair]

Finnerty Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States6,1411:59,0236,980
Ireland2,0951:2,248426
England1,2051:46,2395,816
Canada4721:78,0638,764
Australia2771:97,45711,054
New Zealand1861:24,3464,252
Scotland481:111,5387,348
Northern Ireland191:97,1076,126
Wales181:171,91811,581
Germany101:8,050,546248,660
Argentina91:4,749,268159,873
Qatar91:262,00030,726
Thailand71:10,091,192512,203
South Africa71:7,739,672177,858
Isle of Man71:12,2602,387
Bermuda71:9,3261,286
Poland61:6,334,792156,558
Brazil51:42,814,866547,158
Switzerland41:2,053,22997,179
Norway41:1,285,57269,185
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
Guernsey41:16,1101,225
Jersey31:33,0674,675
South Korea31:17,080,0852,793
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
France21:33,211,361423,184
Peru21:15,892,06251,966
China21:683,660,78330,601
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Barbados11:287,4482,772
Honduras11:8,816,4429,272
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Rwanda11:11,364,9785,947
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland7561:5,860954
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1581:154,27413,512
Scotland81:467,90212,875
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States7341:68,4187,426

Finnerty Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Celtic) the Irish OFionnachtaigh, Descendant of Fionnachtach [from Irish fionn, white, fair]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Finnerty Last Name Facts

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

The surname Finnerty occurs in The United States more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Finnerty? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 48,728th most numerous last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 689,260 people. This surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 63 percent of Finnerty live; 62 percent live in North America and 62 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The surname Finnerty is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is borne by 6,141 people, or 1 in 59,023. In The United States it is most frequent in: New York, where 16 percent live, Pennsylvania, where 8 percent live and Massachusetts, where 8 percent live. Barring The United States this last name is found in 42 countries. It is also common in Ireland, where 20 percent live and England, where 11 percent live.

Finnerty Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Finnerty has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Finnerty last name expanded 837 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Ireland it expanded 277 percent between 1901 and 2014; in England it expanded 763 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it expanded 600 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Finnerty Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is chiefly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Finnerty last name are 0.78% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 54.01% registered with the party.

The amount Finnerty earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 39.31% less than the national average, earning 210,035 kr per year; in Peru they earn 507.11% more than the national average, earning S/. 117,688 per year; in United States they earn 15.32% more than the national average, earning $49,760 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.99% more than the national average, earning $51,169 CAD per year.

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