Finkelstein is used as a family name or surname in Argentina. It is 11 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Finkelstein
No. of characters: 11
Origin: Argentina
Meaning: Frequently worn by Jews askhénazes (Alternative: Finkielstein), the name can be interpreted in two ways: it can be given a sense of diamond, shiny stone, also pyrite (Yiddish form of German Funkelstein, German Funke = spark) , which seems the best solution. However we also consider a name composed of Finkel (former female name formed on finch Fink =) and Stein (= stone). Same problem with the name Finkielkraut (or Finkielkraut), meaning Kraut grass, plant, also failed.

How popular is Finkelstein?

Finkelstein is common in Argentina.

Finkelstein is ranked 30975 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Finkelsteins plummeted by 3.974064 per cent to 4591 since 2000 and slipped by 718 spots and ranked at 7258. The last name was found in around 16 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 95.49 96.86
Hispanic or Latino 2.48 1.61
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.91 0.48
Others 0.72 0.69
Black 0.24 0.25
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.15 0.1
Finkelstein is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Israel is ahead in terms of density. Around 16219 people have been found who wears Finkelstein as their family name. Finkelstein is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
381,097 Ukraine4
23,165 Romania3
6,270 Hong Kong3
21,529 Singapore2
18,718 Thailand2
24,766 Scotland2
26,123 Malaysia2
24,269 Peru2
62,864 New Zealand1
58,885 Poland1
37,493 Austria1
174,544 Czech Republic1
42,479 Greece1
7,340 Democratic Republic of The Congo1
8,181 Botswana1
21,562 Portugal1
16,228 Bulgaria1
47,891 Norway1
77,122 Sweden1
118,015 Netherlands1
53,505 Turkey1
9,541 Turkmenistan1
19,533 Uruguay1
8,500 Dominican Republic1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
33,012 Belgium45
12,527 Denmark44
36,547 Switzerland27
313,372 Russia23
89,048 Spain13
72,915 Belarus11
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
10,596 Colombia87
Countries with hundreds of Finkelstein:
7,877 Mexico654
6,550 Canada650
11,162 South Africa566
2,834 Chile387
28,238 Germany370
26,927 France367
32,218 Brazil366
11,991 Australia230
28,040 England167
Countries with thousands of Finkelstein:
5,395 United States7,329
315 Israel2,921
2,524 Argentina1,926
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Comments

C
Cathern Wohlford
 Finkelstein is a surname of Alsace-Lorraine and-topographic name means the name of finches rock locality became surname.

Finkelstein Namesakes

  • Arthur J. Finkelstein, Consultant
  • Asaf Finkelstein, Film producer
  • Arthur J. Finkelstein, Consultant
  • Avram Finkelstein, Artist
  • Baruch Finkelstein, Author
  • Bernie Finkelstein, Music executive
  • Arthur J. Finkelstein, Consultant
  • Bernie Finkelstein, Music executive
  • Celia Finkelstein, Actress
  • Louis Finkelstein, Artist

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