Finney Surname
Approximately 32,088 people bear this surname
Finney Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. —the son of Phin.' In Domesday 'Phin,' Essex and Suffolk. Finney seems to be simply the diminutive, (a) Nick, 'the fine,' the exquisite, the delicate, the refined.
Robert le Fyne, Somerset, 1 Edward III: Kirby's Quest.
Read More About This SurnameFinney Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 22,849 | 1:15,863 | 2,020 |
| England | 6,176 | 1:9,022 | 1,309 |
| Australia | 973 | 1:27,745 | 3,769 |
| Canada | 843 | 1:43,708 | 5,407 |
| Northern Ireland | 275 | 1:6,709 | 1,196 |
| Wales | 178 | 1:17,385 | 1,881 |
| Ireland | 169 | 1:27,864 | 2,539 |
| Scotland | 146 | 1:36,670 | 3,548 |
| India | 77 | 1:9,961,888 | 192,972 |
| South Africa | 63 | 1:859,964 | 56,669 |
| New Zealand | 49 | 1:92,415 | 12,718 |
| Philippines | 47 | 1:2,154,005 | 122,929 |
| Kuwait | 29 | 1:131,058 | 14,967 |
| Thailand | 23 | 1:3,071,232 | 294,953 |
| Sweden | 18 | 1:547,042 | 39,827 |
| Isle of Man | 17 | 1:5,048 | 1,065 |
| Sierra Leone | 16 | 1:443,102 | 516 |
| Qatar | 16 | 1:147,375 | 16,023 |
| Brazil | 15 | 1:14,271,622 | 267,944 |
| France | 12 | 1:5,535,227 | 269,324 |
| Germany | 9 | 1:8,945,051 | 266,530 |
| United Arab Emirates | 8 | 1:1,145,284 | 40,289 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 8 | 1:13,797 | 1,930 |
| Mexico | 6 | 1:20,687,701 | 53,861 |
| Japan | 5 | 1:25,568,859 | 50,629 |
| Netherlands | 4 | 1:4,221,794 | 131,139 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Italy | 4 | 1:15,289,172 | 132,955 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Spain | 4 | 1:11,688,009 | 116,470 |
| Jersey | 3 | 1:33,067 | 4,675 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 2 | 1:681,988 | 17,017 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Belize | 1 | 1:355,474 | 3,977 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Grenada | 1 | 1:108,535 | 1,793 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Guyana | 1 | 1:762,221 | 14,420 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Norfolk Island | 1 | 1:2,295 | 315 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 153 | 1:28,953 | 2,968 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2,472 | 1:9,861 | 1,485 |
| Scotland | 91 | 1:41,134 | 3,094 |
| Wales | 42 | 1:37,343 | 2,016 |
| Jersey | 1 | 1:51,882 | 3,898 |
| Isle of Man | 1 | 1:54,269 | 2,077 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4,858 | 1:10,337 | 1,349 |
Finney (279) may also be a first name.
Finney Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. —the son of Phin.' In Domesday 'Phin,' Essex and Suffolk. Finney seems to be simply the diminutive, (a) Nick, 'the fine,' the exquisite, the delicate, the refined.
Robert le Fyne, Somerset, 1 Edward III: Kirby's Quest.
Katherine Fin, Huntingdonshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
Maggot Fin, Huntingdonshire, ibid.
Thomas Fin, Suffolk, ibid.
Thomas Fyn, chapman, 1379: Poll Tax of Howdenshire.
Roger Fyne, 1379: ibid.
Isabella Fynne, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.
Nycholas Fynn, 1604: History and Antiquities of the County Palatine of Durham.
Robertus Fyn, 1307. Writs of Parliament.
= Finn (q.v.) + the Irish and Gaelic pers. suff. -ach, or the English diminutive suff. -y, -ie.
An Ulster variant of Feeney, q.v
(Irish) Descendant of the soldier.
A native of Finland. Anglo-Saxon plur. Finnas. Fin. H.R.
Finne, Gaelic, the genitive of Fionn, fair, sincere, true; bringing to an end, wise, a head, chief. The name may be local from Fines, a place in France.
William Fenie of Normandy, 1198 (Magni Rotuli Scaccarii Normanniae); John Venie of England, c. 1272 (Rotuli Hundredorum).
From the Old Norse, Finni; from the Danish, Finne; from the Flemish, Finné; from the Swedish, Finn; in the Domesday Book, Fin; a personal name.
The present family of Finn may be connected with John Finn of Chilham in 1702 (H.).
Finney is a name established on the Derbyshire border in the Ashbourne district. Edward Fynney was bailiff of Lichfield in 1619 and 1627, and Edward Ffinney was sheriff of the city in 1641 (H.). The name was represented in Burton - on - Trent 300 years ago (S.).
Finney: The Finneys have their principal home on the Staffordshire border in the Ashbourn district. Edward Finey of Coates Park was high sheriff of Derbyshire in 1690 (P.). Last century a gentle family of this name resided at Fulshaw, Cheshire; Samuel Finney of Fulshaw, who died in 1798, was enamel - painter to the Queen (Ormerod's "Cheshire").
Finney Demographics
Average Male Finney Height
176.15 cm
Average Female Finney Height
162.29 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Finney Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Finney Come From? nationality or country of origin
Finney is found most in The United States. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Finney click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Finney? popularity and diffusion
Finney is the 17,266th most common surname throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 227,111 people. The last name Finney is primarily found in The Americas, where 63 percent of Finney live; 63 percent live in North America and 63 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 531,524th most commonly occurring forename world-wide, borne by 279 people.
This last name is most frequently used in The United States, where it is borne by 22,849 people, or 1 in 15,863. In The United States it is most frequent in: California, where 9 percent are found, Texas, where 8 percent are found and Florida, where 5 percent are found. Barring The United States this last name is found in 61 countries. It is also found in England, where 19 percent are found and Australia, where 3 percent are found.
Finney Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Finney has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Finney surname grew 470 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 250 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it grew 424 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it grew 110 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in Scotland it grew 160 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Finney Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Finney surname is predominantly Presbyterian (47%) in Ireland.
In The United States those holding the Finney surname are 12.94% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 59.71% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Finney earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 61.06% more than the national average, earning R 382,728 per year; in United States they earn 2.33% less than the national average, earning $42,142 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.77% more than the national average, earning $50,066 CAD per year.
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Finney Reference & Research
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