How rare is the last name Finnegan?

10,180 people in the United States have the last name Finnegan, about 1 in 29,361. It ranks #3,428 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

FINNEGAN

#3,428

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
10,180
About
1 in 29,361
This common or more
54.1%
Who bears it

Of the 10,180 people with the last name Finnegan, 93.4% reported their origin as White, 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino and 2.2% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Finnegan

#3,426 Kuntz · 10,188#3,427 Krieger · 10,182#3,429 Ambriz · 10,179#3,430 Gatlin · 10,177

Spelled almost the same

3 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Finnegan, most common first.

#13,851 Finnigan · 2,090#16,369 Finegan · 1,706#41,826 Finigan · 560

Also a first name

As a first name, Finnegan ranks #2,738 of 53,615, with 8,559 people. As a baby name it peaked in 2021, with 865 births. See Finnegan as a first name

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