Finlay meaning | Last name Finlay origin

Following is the meaning of Finlay surname. Family name Finlay is generally added after the name or middle name so also called last name.
Family Name / Last Name: Finlay
No. of characters: 6
Origin: Ireland
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Finlay

Finlay is used as a family name or surname in Ireland languages. Finlay has 6 characters long in length.

Finlay is common in Ireland country(ies).

Finlay is ranked 20252 in our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Finlay bearers increased by 3.472222 per cent in 2010 US census to 2980 since 2000, the surname slipped by 463 spots and ranked at 10721. The last name was found in around 10 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 88.22 90.97

It is also used as a first name, know the meaning of Finlay

How popular is Finlay?

Finlay is quite popular family name mostly used in England while Northern Ireland is ahead in terms of density. Around 25637 people have been found who wears Finlay as their family name. Finlay is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
9,568 Thailand8
1,005 Cayman Islands7
567,967 Indonesia6
10,876 Trinidad and Tobago5
35,789 Turkey3
6,270 Hong Kong3
3,340 Jamaica3
14,078 Japan3
4,104 South Korea2
1,500,361 India2
2,823 Papua New Guinea2
52,939 United Arab Emirates2
34,572 Israel2
3,478 Haiti2
20,186 Kenya2
2,877 Cuba1
12,270 Lebanon1
9,116 Nicaragua1
153,416 Italy1
2,057 Myanmar1
1,542 Andorra1
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Immigrants to US

Ellen Finlay worked as spinster and hailed from Tipperary, Ireland. During the great famine, 17 years old embarked for USA from Liverpool on David Cannon and arrived on September 30, 1848. Robert Finlay, aged 41, 12 years old Agnes Finlay, Jas. Finlay, aged 20, Farmer Samuel Finlay, Eliza Finlay (18) Immigrant, 24 years old Luke Finlay, Immigrant Elisha Finlay, Robert Finlay, aged 26, and 64 other Finlay around 46% of whom were workman while others worked as farmer and servant, clerk migrated to US from Glasgow, Liverpool, Newry, Belfast, Londonderry, St. Johns and Newfoundland.

Celebrities having Finlay surname

William Finlay Politician
Jack Finlay Politician
Amelia Finlayson Model
Amelia Finlayson Model
Andrena Finlay Film producer
Chase Finlay Ballet Dancer
Deane Finlayson Politician
Dave Finlay Professional wrestler
Thomas Finlayson Henderson Author
Cady Finlayson Musical Artist

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