Last Name FINNEY

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Meaning The son of Phil. In Domesday 'Phin,' counties Essex and Suffolk. Finney seems to be simply the diminutive. Also, nickname, 'the fine,' wil I get it next time? Exquizite, the delicate, the refined.
'Finne,' Gaelic, the genitive of 'Fionn,' fair, sincere, true; bringing to an end, wise, a head, chief. The name may be local from 'Fines,' a place in France.
Origin English, Gaelic, Jewish, Irish

Rank 1,950 (2000 US census) 2,040 (1990 US census)
Count 16,919 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 72.09%, or 12197 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 23.28%, or 3939 total occurrences, as black,
  • 0.54%, or 91 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0.59%, or 100 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 2.09%, or 354 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.41%, or 239 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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