Finnerty

English

Etymology

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Fionnachta (“descendant of Fionnachta”), a personal name composed of the elements fionn (“fair, white”) + sneachta (“snow”).

Proper noun

Finnerty (plural Finnertys)

1. A surname from Irish.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Finnerty is the 8184^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 4052 individuals. Finnerty is most common among White (94.92%) individuals.

Further reading

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