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Finnion Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. Ap-Eignion, or Eignon, or Enion, i.e. 'the son of Eignion', &c. A once popular name in the Principality. St. Einiawn was one of the early saints of the Cymry, after whom is named a spring at Llanvareth, in Radnorshire (Yonge); v.
Read More About This SurnameFinnion Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 16 | 1:1,523,461 | 51,234 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Finnion Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. Ap-Eignion, or Eignon, or Enion, i.e. 'the son of Eignion', &c. A once popular name in the Principality. St. Einiawn was one of the early saints of the Cymry, after whom is named a spring at Llanvareth, in Radnorshire (Yonge); v. Eynon and Baynham, and compare Bevan for Ap-Evan, Bowen for Ap-Owen.
Joane Howell ap Eignion: Visit. Gloucestershire.
Raffe ap Eignon: ibid.
Ennian fil. Kenewrec, 7 Henry III: Pipe Roll.
David ap Eynon, 1313. Writs of Parliament.
Meredith ap Eynon, 1322, ibid.
Rwrith ab Eynon, 23 Edward I. Calendarium Genealogicum: Henry III-Edward I.
1620-1. Married — George Benyon and Alice Weste: St. Dionis Backchurch.
1665. Baptised — Robert, s. of Thomas Byneyon: St. Mary Aldermary.
'Sunday Preachers, Finsbury Park Chapel—Rev. T. Enyon Davies, 6.30': Pall Mall Gazette, Saturday, June 11, 1887.
Ab Enion, "the son of Enion," a Welsh personal name. See remarks under Bunyan, Pinion, and Onion.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finnin | 92 | 612 | / |
| Finning | 86 | 362 | / |
| Finnian | 86 | 8 | / |
| Vinnion | 86 | 5 | / |
| Finnyon | 86 | 0 | / |
| Pfinning | 80 | 0 | / |
| Finnen | 77 | 732 | / |
| Fennin | 77 | 64 | / |
| Vinnin | 77 | 3 | / |
| Finnim | 77 | 1 | / |
| Pffinning | 75 | 0 | / |
| Fenning | 71 | 2,161 | / |
| Fünning | 71 | 74 | / |
| Finnøen | 71 | 16 | / |
| Finnäng | 71 | 11 | / |
| Finneng | 71 | 5 | / |
| Fennina | 71 | 1 | / |
| Fennyon | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pfennin | 71 | 1 | / |
| Femnion | 71 | 0 | / |
| Fennien | 71 | 0 | / |
| Finniam | 71 | 0 | / |
| Vennion | 71 | 0 | / |
| Finnean | 71 | 0 | / |
| Finnyan | 71 | 0 | / |
| Pfenning | 67 | 2,081 | / |
| Finngean | 67 | 1 | / |
| Finnehan | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fnian | 67 | 0 | / |
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