Finger is used as a family name or surname in South Africa. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Finger
No. of characters: 6
Origin: South Africa
Meaning: Name worn in Alsace-Lorraine, particularly in the Haut-Rhin. The reconciliation with the word Finger (= finger) seems inevitable, but how? No doubt a very clever person of his fingers, including one think of a jeweler, especially as the Middle High German vinger also had the ring direction, ring. The name is sometimes worn by Jews askhénazes, like the Fingerhut derivative (= thimble), which designated a suit of clothes.

How popular is Finger?

Finger is common in South Africa.

Finger is ranked 19834 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Finger bearers increased by 1.91446 per cent in 2010 US census to 5004 since 2000, the surname slipped by 355 spots and ranked at 6739. The last name was found in around 17 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 87.73 88.76
Black 7.57 7.82
Hispanic or Latino 2 1.51
Others 1.36 1.14
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.74 0.39
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6 0.39
Finger is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in Germany which signifies that it is originated from Germany. Around 26208 people have been found who wears Finger as their family name. Finger is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
486,351 Russia10
656,580 India9
497,106 Indonesia8
6,072 China7
318,252 Ukraine6
46,707 New Zealand5
20,541 Peru3
35,184 Poland3
19,452 Malaysia3
9,185 Hong Kong2
1,834 Malta2
35,969 Denmark2
33,202 Saudi Arabia2
9,116 Nicaragua1
408 Åland1
53,033 Nigeria1
30,360 Thailand1
531 Greenland1
12,741 Ecuador1
37,779 Serbia1
10,683 Cyprus1
26,040 Trinidad and Tobago1
123,175 Tanzania1
90,903 Moldova1
15,162 Costa Rica1
56,169 Mexico1
8,268 Mauritius1
21,562 Portugal1
38,841 Scotland1
24,421 Slovakia1
2,196 Liberia1
5,553 Taiwan1
2,613 The Bahamas1
53,505 Turkey1
16,073 Latvia1
18,969 Wales1
199,150 Kazakhstan1
29,595 Iran1
38,830 Morocco1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
42,238 Spain50
95,259 Italy45
33,012 Belgium45
52,947 Netherlands31
32,811 Sweden29
37,982 United Arab Emirates23
11,387 Ireland22
28,338 Norway20
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
41,845 England97
48,377 Canada64
Countries with hundreds of Finger:
5,114 Australia585
2,305 Switzerland477
18,059 Argentina299
1,971 Paraguay283
4,544 Austria262
4,496 Israel247
4,366 Chile234
45,235 France220
10,309 Czech Republic173
Countries with thousands of Finger:
1,005 Germany7,296
2,075 Brazil7,171
6,007 United States6,493
3,310 South Africa1,954
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Workman Luke Finger from Ireland aboard the Jacob A. Westervelt from Liverpool during the Irish famine. He is registered to be 21 years old when he arrived in New-York on March 20, 1850. T. Finger, aged 30, 6 years old Bgt. Finger, are other Finger that migrated to US.

Finger Namesakes

  • Alassane Fingerweig, Author
  • All These Fingers, Musical Artist
  • Arden Fingerhut, Lighting Designer
  • Bill Finger, Comic Book Writer
  • Treasure Fingers, Record Producer
  • Treasure Fingers, Record Producer
  • Rollie Fingers, Baseball pitcher
  • Gottfried Finger, Composer
  • Eric Fingerhut, Ohio State Senator
  • Bob Fingerman, Writer
  • In 2015 action, comedy movie, Cast me! Die Show ihres Lebens, Stephan Finger characterized Richard.
  • In 2011 biography, drama flick, Crows, Rob Finger played Driver.

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