Last Name PHINNEY

Summary/Contribute


Meaning	A variant of Finn.

Origin	English, Irish

Rank	8,822 (2000 US census)	8,800 (1990 US census)

Count	3,420 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

94.85%, or 3244 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
1.29%, or 44 total occurrences, as black,
0.79%, or 27 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.18%, or 6 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.17%, or 40 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.73%, or 59 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

How many distinct last names exist in the United States of America?

How does one estimate/guess that number? The first source that comes to mind is the result of the latest available census. We know that 2000 year census presents us with a little over 150,000 unique surnames. The least po...

Longest baby names

The longest first name, consisting of 12 characters, from the baby names reported since the year 1880 in the United States is Francisquita.

There are three names consisting of 11 characters: Christopher, Margueritta, and Margueritte

Russian middle names

As with many things that are 'Russian,' neither child nor his parents has much choice in picking the name. It is purely patronymic and generally predefined at the time when the child is born or even rather conceived. The name is derived from the child's father's first...