Fingerman

English

Etymology

From Yiddish פֿינגער (finger, “finger, toe”) + מאַן (man, “man”).

Proper noun

Fingerman (plural Fingermans)

1. A surname from Yiddish.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Fingerman is the 71478^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 273 individuals. Fingerman is most common among White (95.6%) individuals.

Further reading

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