Explore the Family Name Finan

The meaning of Finan

Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Fionnáin ‘descendant of Fionnán’, from a diminutive of fionn ‘fair’. Some characteristic forenames: Irish Aileen, Declan.

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How common is the last name Finan in the United States?

Based on data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the popularity of the surname Finan has seen moderate growth in recent years. In 2000, it ranked as the 13,400th most popular surname with a count of 2,084 holders. By 2010, its rank improved slightly to 13,383rd with an increase in count to 2,276 individuals bearing the surname. This represents a growth rate of approximately 9.21%. Despite this increase, the proportion of people with the surname Finan per 100,000 population remained constant at 0.77 from 2000 to 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#13,400	#13,383	0.13%
Count	2,084	2,276	9.21%
Proportion per 100k	0.77	0.77	0%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Finan

The ethnicity associated with the surname Finan has also experienced some shifts between 2000 and 2010 according to the Decennial U.S. Census. White individuals hold the majority of the Finan surname at 83.52% in 2010, a decrease from 88.53% in 2000. The percentage of Asian/Pacific Islander individuals with this surname increased substantially from 7.49% in 2000 to 10.76% in 2010. Similarly, there was a rise in the number of individuals identifying with two or more races and those of Hispanic ethnicity, with increases of 83.33% and 52.20%, respectively. There were no recorded instances of the Finan surname among Black or American Indian and Alaskan Native populations within these two census periods.

	2000	2010	Change
White	88.53%	83.52%	-5.66%
Asian/Pacific Islander	7.49%	10.76%	43.66%
Hispanic	1.82%	2.77%	52.2%
Two or More Races	1.2%	2.2%	83.33%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%