as a Last Name
- 28,084
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Fink
Meaning & Origins
German, Slovenian, English, and Jewish (Ashkenazic): nickname for a lively and cheerful person, or, in the case of the Jewish name, an ornamental name, from a Germanic word meaning ‘finch’ (see Finch). As a Slovenian surname, it may also be a translation into German of the Slovenian surname Šinkovec (from an old spelling of ščinkovec or ščinkavec ‘finch’).
| 1,075th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Finch, Funk, Finkelstein, Finke, Finkel, Finkle, Finkbeiner, Finklea, Funke, Finck
Quick facts
- Tens of Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 28,084
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Wyoming
- has the most people named Fink per capita
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