Finucane

Finucane

English

Alternative forms

• Finnucane

Etymology

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Fionnmhacáin (“descendant of Fionnmhacán”), a personal name composed by the elements fionn (“fair, white”) + macán, a diminutive of mac (“son”).

Proper noun

Finucane (plural Finucanes)

1. A surname from Irish.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Finucane is the 28293^rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 845 individuals. Finucane is most common among White (91.01%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Finucane”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 576.

Anagrams

• finaunce