Finkley

English

Etymology

From Old English finċ (“finch”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to finch +‎ -ley (“lea”). Identical to Finchley.

Proper noun

Finkley (countable and uncountable, plural Finkleys)

1. A hamlet in Test Valley district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU387234).
2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Finkley is the 37229^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 599 individuals. Finkley is most common among Black/African American (79.8%) and White (14.02%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Finkley”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 575.