Finney is used as a family name or surname in Ireland. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Finney
No. of characters: 6
Origin: Ireland
Meaning:

Finney is variant form of Phinney. Descendant of the soldier.

Descendant of the soldier.

The variant of Feeney. Descendant of the soldier.

How popular is Finney?

Finney is common in United States, England, Australia, Canada, Northern Ireland, Wales, Ireland, Scotland.

Finney is ranked 17276 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Finney bearers increased by 0.12 per cent in 2010 US census to 16939 since 2000, the surname slipped by 189 spots and ranked at 2139. The last name was found in around 6 per hundred thousand population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 70.41 72.09
Black 23.3 23.28
Others 2.75 2.09
Hispanic or Latino 2.26 1.41
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.73 0.54
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.55 0.59
Finney is quite popular family name mostly used in United States however Norfolk Island lie ahead in terms of density. Around 32077 people have been found who wears Finney as their family name. Finney is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with ten thousands of Finney:
2,020 United States22,838
Countries with thousands of Finney:
1,309 England6,176
Countries with hundreds of Finney:
3,769 Australia973
5,407 Canada843
1,196 Northern Ireland275
1,881 Wales178
2,539 Ireland169
3,548 Scotland146
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
192,972 India77
56,669 South Africa63
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
12,718 New Zealand49
122,929 Philippines47
14,967 Kuwait29
294,953 Thailand23
39,827 Sweden18
1,065 Isle of Man17
16,023 Qatar16
516 Sierra Leone16
267,947 Brazil15
269,324 France12
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
266,530 Germany9
40,289 United Arab Emirates8
1,930 United States Virgin Islands8
53,861 Mexico6
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Mary Finney worked as spinster and hailed from Ireland. During the great famine, 25 years old embarked for USA from Liverpool on Atlas and arrived on May 11, 1846. Spinster Catharine Finney, Maid Margaret Finney, Immigrant Bernard Finney, 24 years old John Finney, 25 years old Peter Finney, James Finney, aged 23, John Finney (18) Workman, Maria Finney (17) Maid, and 10 other Finney around 63.64% of whom were workman migrated to US from Liverpool, Greenock and Dublin.

From Germany

20 years old cultivator Margaretha Finney who was residing in Germany migrated to USA on May 20, 1850 by Cotton Planter put out from Antwerp. Farmer Anne Finney, 14 years old Thomas Finney, John Finney, aged 24, Laborer A. Finney, Patrick Finney (36) Laborer, are other Finney that migrated to US from Liverpool, Liverpool & Queenstown and Glasgow & Moville.

Finney Namesakes

  • Raymond Finney, Raymond A. Finney, Jr
  • Roger Finney, English cricketer
  • Jim Finney, English football referee during the 1960s and 1970s
  • Ross Lee Finney, American composer born in Wells
  • Samuel Finney, Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom
  • D. J. Finney, British statistician
  • Albert Finney, retired English actor
  • Charles Grandison Finney, American Presbyterian minister and leader in the Second Great Awakening
  • Christopher Finney, former British soldier of the Blues and Royals
  • Jack Finney, American author
  • Tom Finney, English footballer
  • Joan Finney, officeholder
  • Charles G. Finney, American news editor and fantasy novelist
  • Kathryn Finney, author, tech entrepreneur
  • Lou Finney, American professional baseball player
  • Alan Finney, former footballer
  • Sid Finney, professional ice hockey centre during the 1950s and early 1960s
  • Darwin Abel Finney, Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives
  • Lowe Finney, American politician and a Democratic former member of the Tennessee Senate for the 27th district

Finney Namesakes

  • Raymond Finney, Raymond A. Finney, Jr
  • Roger Finney, English cricketer
  • Jim Finney, English football referee during the 1960s and 1970s
  • Ross Lee Finney, American composer born in Wells
  • Samuel Finney, Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom
  • D. J. Finney, British statistician
  • Albert Finney, retired English actor
  • Charles Grandison Finney, American Presbyterian minister and leader in the Second Great Awakening
  • Christopher Finney, former British soldier of the Blues and Royals
  • Jack Finney, American author
  • Tom Finney, English footballer
  • Joan Finney, officeholder
  • Charles G. Finney, American news editor and fantasy novelist
  • Kathryn Finney, author, tech entrepreneur
  • Lou Finney, American professional baseball player
  • Alan Finney, former footballer
  • Sid Finney, professional ice hockey centre during the 1950s and early 1960s
  • Darwin Abel Finney, Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives
  • Lowe Finney, American politician and a Democratic former member of the Tennessee Senate for the 27th district

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