Finnerty
English
editEtymology
editReduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Fionnachta (“descendant of Fionnachta”), a personal name composed of the elements fionn (“fair, white”) + sneachta (“snow”).
Proper noun
editFinnerty (plural Finnertys)
- A surname from Irish.
Statistics
edit- 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
edit- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Finnerty”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 576.