The Fink surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 28,701 people carried this name — #1,232 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 10,300 people counted. That is up 1% from 28,417 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Fink surname
From Middle High German vinke, from Old High German finco.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Fink» (German), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 1,175 people named Fink 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 Buenos Aires Province.
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
1,147 people named Fink live in Switzerland.
They live in 23 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 328 people named Fink.
54 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 27 départements, most often Moselle.
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 Poland’s population register
277 people named Fink have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 457 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 14 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Lower Silesian.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 52 people named Fink live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Antwerp.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
77 people named Fink is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
Who carried it
People named Fink,
with a public archive behind them.
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Mathias Anton Fink d. 1759
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Eliyahu Fink d. 2025
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Matthew Fink 1500–1500
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Beda Fink 1611–1691
Wikidata (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Fink.
- Finck 2,237 · U.S. census
- Finco 153 · U.S. census
- Fine 11,618 · U.S. census
- Fines 723 · U.S. census
- Finger 5,004 · U.S. census
- Fini 501 · U.S. census
- Finkel 3,060 · U.S. census
- Finkelstein 4,591 · U.S. census
- Finkler 530 · U.S. census
- Fino 1,199 · U.S. census
- Fiol 386 · U.S. census
- Fiorani 154 · U.S. census
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