Finnerty
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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)
- A surname from Irish.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Finnerty is the 8184th 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: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 576.