The Finkel surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,060 people carried this name — #10,487 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 96,200 people counted. That is up 12% from 2,741 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 51 people named Finkel.
14 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 11 départements, most often Paris.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where 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 40 people named Finkel 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.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Finkel in American newspapers,
1911–1914.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 3,006 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Finkel,
with a public archive behind them.
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Nosson Tzvi Finkel 1849–1927 · rabbi -
Nosson Tzvi Finkel 1849–1927 · rabbi
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Frank Finkel 1854–1930 -
Ludwik Finkel 1858–1930 · politician -
Benjamin Finkel 1865–1947 · mathematician -
Ephraim Finkel 1863–1943
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Finkel.
- 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
- Fink 28,701 · 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
- Fioravanti 793 · U.S. census
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