Following is the meaning of Finlay surname. Family name Finlay is generally added after the name or middle name so also called last name.
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
17,236 Ghana1
49,101 Denmark1
174,544 Czech Republic1
8,859 Iraq1
42,479 Greece1
2,374 Bermuda1
7,790 Zambia1
50,307 Saudi Arabia1
801 Cape Verde1
8,828 Puerto Rico1
66,560 Philippines1
2,724 New Caledonia1
56,169 Mexico1
81,201 Switzerland1
5,553 Taiwan1
2,613 The Bahamas1
1,433 Sierra Leone1
492,292 Ukraine1
3,307 Malta1
15,705 Cameroon1
16,228 Bulgaria1
36,814 Romania1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
52,947 Netherlands31
861 Barbados31
8,720 Qatar29
595 Jersey28
11,685 Singapore24
42,407 Sweden22
52,530 Belgium22
699 Isle of Man21
50,826 Zimbabwe19
660 Grenada18
406,964 Russia14
3,343 China13
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
12,007 Chile72
34,746 Spain67
104,075 Brazil64
Countries with hundreds of Finlay:
739 New Zealand921
20,699 Germany504
1,747 Wales226
7,648 Venezuela201
66,174 France147
9,561 Colombia105
15,665 Malaysia101
Countries with thousands of Finlay:
1,595 England4,958
9,241 United States3,992
841 Australia3,649
1,658 Canada3,098
2,862 South Africa2,265
450 Scotland1,916
191 Northern Ireland1,645
540 Ireland1,354
Full Last Name Distribution ⇳
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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