Finnish Surname

2,689,253rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 52 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Finnish Surname User-submission:

(Finnish) A person originally from Finland.

Finnish Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa441:1,231,31169,478
England31:18,572,686338,250
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland31:1,247,73924,719
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

Finnish Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

(Finnish) A person originally from Finland.

- Forebears.io Manual Submissions

Finnish Last Name Facts

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

The surname Finnish is most common in South Africa. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Finnish? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 2,689,253rd most prevalent surname on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 140,145,114 people. Finnish is mostly found in Africa, where 85 percent of Finnish live; 85 percent live in Southern Africa and 85 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

It is most frequently occurring in South Africa, where it is held by 44 people, or 1 in 1,231,311. In South Africa it is most frequent in: Northern Cape, where 36 percent reside, Western Cape, where 34 percent reside and North West, where 27 percent reside. Not including South Africa this last name occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in England, where 6 percent reside and Australia, where 2 percent reside.

Finnish Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Finnish has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Finnish last name decreased 67 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Finnish Last Name Statistics demography

Finnish earn notably less less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 17.39% less than the national average, earning R 196,320 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Finnis921,804/
Finnih92185/
Finniss86278/
Finnich86181/
Finnies86175/
Vinnish8638/
Fiennis861/
Finnieh861/
Finneis860/
Finni83444/
Fnish833/
Finnh831/
Fiennies8033/
Finneiss801/
Finnesth801/
Finnie776,459/
Fneish772,181/
Fennis77907/
Finnes77180/
Finnäs77122/
Vinnis7721/
Fienni7715/
Finneh779/
Finniy774/
Fennih774/
Finnio771/
Fnitsh771/
Finnai771/
Finnix770/
Fennitsch750/
Fnni731/
Fnnh731/
Fennich713,809/
Fiennes71151/
Finneid7140/
Fenneis7131/
Vinnies7121/
Finneiß718/
Fennies716/
Finneys713/
Finness713/
Fennihe712/
Finneyh712/
Vennish711/
Fiennie711/
Finniey711/
Finnehy710/
Finneas710/
Fenniss710/
Finnese710/
Fenni673,405/
Finne672,391/
Fenniche672,366/
Vinni671,138/
Finna67699/
Viennois67300/
Finny67287/
Fnais67240/
Pfennich67240/
Finné67133/
Fneis6756/
Viennies675/
Fnich673/
Fnesh672/
Vinnie's671/
Fimni671/
Finnè671/
Fnith671/
Fnios671/
Feunniss670/

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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
  • Descriptions may contain details on the name's etymology, origin, ethnicity and history. They are largely reproduced from 3rd party sources; diligence is advised on accepting their validity - more information
  • 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 Finnish
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