Finnian Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Australia

Finnian Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Finnian Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England151:1,625,02553,310
Scotland21:1,871,60827,884
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States71:7,174,098302,835

Finnian (229) may also be a first name.

Finnian Last Name Facts

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

Finnian is found in The United States more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Finnian.

How Common Is The Last Name Finnian? popularity and diffusion

The surname Finnian is the 6,723,624th most frequently occurring family name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. This surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 63 percent of Finnian live; 50 percent live in North America and 50 percent live in Anglo-North America. Finnian is also the 593,349th most frequently held first name on earth, borne by 229 people.

The surname is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is held by 3 people, or 1 in 120,819,644. In The United States Finnian is mostly found in: California, where 33 percent reside, Massachusetts, where 33 percent reside and Pennsylvania, where 33 percent reside. Not including The United States Finnian occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 13 percent reside and Brazil, where 13 percent reside.

Finnian Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Finnian has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Finnian surname decreased 57 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Finniam860/
Finnean860/
Finnyan860/
Finnion860/
Fnian830/
Finngean801/
Finnehan801/
Fhnian771/
Fennegian750/
Vinnion715/
Fengnan711/
Fennhan711/
Finnyon710/
Phinniam67261/
Fennhahn6720/
Fennyon571/
Femnion570/
Vennion570/
Phimniam531/
Phengniam5074/

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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 Finnian
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