Finningham Surname

2,909,720th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 45 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Scotland
Highest density in:
Scotland

Finningham Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Finningham Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland351:152,9669,000
England91:6,190,895170,599
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England191:1,282,91446,315
Scotland71:534,74514,325
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

Finningham Last Name Facts

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

The surname Finningham occurs in Scotland more than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Finningham? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 2,909,720th most commonly occurring surname on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 161,945,465 people. The surname is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Finningham reside; 100 percent reside in Northern Europe and 100 percent reside in British Isles.

The last name Finningham is most common in Scotland, where it is borne by 35 people, or 1 in 152,966. In Scotland it is most common in: Fife, where 60 percent live, Dumfries and Galloway, where 26 percent live and West Lothian, where 9 percent live. Aside from Scotland it is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in England, where 20 percent live and Northern Ireland, where 2 percent live.

Finningham Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Finningham has changed over time. In Scotland the number of people carrying the Finningham surname expanded 500 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in England it declined 53 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Fenningham9064/
Finninghan900/
Finningan8412/
Fingham821/
Finninngan800/
Fingam751/
Finnengan743/
Vingham719/
Fingame711/
Finghom711/
Phinngam671/
Viengham671/
Vingam635/
Fengam631/
Fennengan630/
Fenghom595/
Phingam594/
Phiongam564,188/
Phimngam56253/
Phenngam5695/
Phuingam561/
Phuenngam53339/
Phaenngam5331/
Pheunngam531/
Vengam50264/
Vingom5012/
Fengom501/

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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
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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 Finningham
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