The Fina surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 526 people carried this name — #41,359 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 555,600 people counted. That is down 14% from 613 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Fina surname
A surname originating as a matronymic.
Short form of various personal names, such as Serafina.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Fina» (Italian), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 263 people named Fina.
80 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 20 départements, most often Bouches-du-Rhône.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 234 people named Fina live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Santa Fe.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
53 people named Fina live in Switzerland.
They live in 4 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Aargau.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
Who carried it
People named Fina,
with a public archive behind them.
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Jack Fina 1913–1970 · composer -
Giovanni Donato Fina 1550–1550 · jurist-consultant
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Bortolo Eugenio Fina 1896–1971 · politician
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Bortolo Eugenio Fina 1896–1971 · politician
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Jiří Fína 1913–1942 · aircraft pilot
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Giuseppe Fina 1924–1998 · screenwriter
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Fina.
When the index is not enough
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