Filomena Forename
2,149th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 471,694 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Italy
Highest density in:
East Timor
Filomena Forename Definition:
A Latin name, meaning: Daughter of light.
Filomena Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Italy | 100% | 149,970 | 1:407 | 87 |
| Angola | 100% | 91,504 | 1:295 | 45 |
| Brazil | 100% | 26,246 | 1:8,163 | 982 |
| Mozambique | - | 20,160 | 1:1,351 | 307 |
| Peru | 100% | 19,715 | 1:1,613 | 320 |
| Portugal | - | 19,186 | 1:543 | 95 |
| Mexico | 100% | 18,843 | 1:6,588 | 683 |
| Philippines | 99% | 17,557 | 1:6,038 | 968 |
| East Timor | - | 13,235 | 1:92 | 24 |
| Argentina | 100% | 13,146 | 1:3,254 | 354 |
| Bolivia | 100% | 12,784 | 1:829 | 210 |
| United States | 100% | 8,758 | 1:41,395 | 2,482 |
| Spain | 100% | 8,067 | 1:5,768 | 532 |
| Chile | 100% | 7,472 | 1:2,356 | 329 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 4,999 | 1:10,560 | 1,361 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 4,675 | 1:3,446 | 497 |
| Colombia | 100% | 4,550 | 1:10,501 | 922 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 3,369 | 1:8,965 | 991 |
| Honduras | 100% | 2,448 | 1:3,602 | 537 |
| India | 100% | 2,240 | 1:542,356 | 42,525 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 1,898 | 1:135,913 | 14,346 |
| Paraguay | 99% | 1,667 | 1:4,341 | 678 |
| Cape Verde | - | 1,652 | 1:320 | 33 |
| Canada | 100% | 1,614 | 1:20,529 | 1,849 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 1,548 | 1:3,888 | 613 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 1,433 | 1:7,279 | 957 |
| Ecuador | - | 1,206 | 1:14,699 | 997 |
| El Salvador | - | 1,203 | 1:5,272 | 532 |
| Lithuania | 99% | 986 | 1:2,994 | 381 |
| England | 100% | 895 | 1:62,126 | 2,730 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 813 | 1:10,103 | 1,004 |
| Panama | 100% | 792 | 1:4,933 | 840 |
| Belgium | 100% | 638 | 1:18,009 | 1,462 |
| Fiji | - | 575 | 1:1,552 | 418 |
| Germany | 100% | 557 | 1:173,569 | 2,878 |
| France | 100% | 415 | 1:160,169 | 2,887 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 385 | 1:13,792 | 464 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 354 | 1:542 | 68 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 336 | 1:10,201 | 755 |
| DR Congo | 100% | 329 | 1:224,400 | 9,598 |
| Aruba | - | 284 | 1:365 | 28 |
| Czechia | 100% | 236 | 1:45,153 | 808 |
| Croatia | 100% | 224 | 1:18,826 | 1,075 |
| South Africa | 100% | 203 | 1:268,634 | 15,733 |
| Cuba | - | 192 | 1:59,930 | 1,661 |
| Australia | - | 182 | 1:75,042 | 3,070 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 100% | 169 | 1:20,855 | 1,675 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 161 | 1:29,615 | 1,677 |
| Belize | 100% | 150 | 1:2,362 | 539 |
| Malawi | 100% | 127 | 1:134,743 | 6,567 |
| Curaçao | 100% | 126 | 1:1,237 | 342 |
| Austria | 100% | 102 | 1:83,473 | 1,938 |
| Kuwait | - | 95 | 1:39,845 | 3,619 |
| Namibia | - | 87 | 1:27,634 | 2,234 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 86 | 1:6,559 | 633 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 64 | 1:264,095 | 8,747 |
| Uganda | 100% | 62 | 1:660,595 | 13,595 |
| New Zealand | - | 52 | 1:87,232 | 3,887 |
| Bulgaria | 100% | 48 | 1:145,633 | 4,284 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 47 | 1:75,538 | 1,677 |
| North Macedonia | 100% | 45 | 1:46,461 | 3,305 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 43 | 1:130,874 | 3,598 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 42 | 1:170,286 | 11,537 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 41 | 1:59,970 | 2,257 |
| Guam | - | 38 | 1:4,228 | 780 |
| Latvia | 100% | 35 | 1:57,590 | 1,473 |
| Sweden | 100% | 35 | 1:281,654 | 8,745 |
| American Samoa | - | 34 | 1:1,642 | 233 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 34 | 1:5,222,481 | 75,428 |
| Serbia | 100% | 32 | 1:223,304 | 3,732 |
| Albania | 100% | 30 | 1:101,552 | 7,014 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 26 | 1:10,391 | 1,033 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 100% | 25 | 1:45,508 | 307 |
| Thailand | 100% | 23 | 1:3,046,340 | 70,930 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 20 | 1:1,188,484 | 41,438 |
| Scotland | 100% | 18 | 1:297,243 | 4,537 |
| Wales | 100% | 17 | 1:182,018 | 3,415 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 16 | 1:963,989 | 34,627 |
| Andorra | - | 15 | 1:5,526 | 448 |
| Norway | 100% | 15 | 1:342,155 | 7,099 |
| Papua New Guinea | 100% | 15 | 1:543,488 | 40,661 |
| Qatar | 100% | 15 | 1:157,974 | 16,771 |
| Kenya | 91% | 14 | 1:3,307,651 | 22,394 |
| Ireland | - | 12 | 1:386,960 | 5,608 |
| Guinea-Bissau | - | 9 | 1:192,024 | 110 |
| Macau | - | 8 | 1:76,026 | 700 |
| Montenegro | 100% | 8 | 1:79,322 | 2,544 |
| Greece | 100% | 7 | 1:1,562,078 | 10,407 |
| Denmark | - | 6 | 1:941,583 | 11,543 |
| Haiti | - | 6 | 1:1,787,826 | 19,076 |
| Kosovo | - | 6 | 1:310,240 | 9,823 |
| Lesotho | - | 6 | 1:340,000 | 19,758 |
| Russia | 100% | 5 | 1:28,846,741 | 73,146 |
| Bermuda | - | 4 | 1:16,206 | 1,525 |
| Egypt | 100% | 4 | 1:22,975,236 | 27,891 |
| Finland | 75% | 4 | 1:1,370,796 | 11,464 |
| Poland | 95% | 4 | 1:9,506,778 | 5,827 |
| Romania | 100% | 4 | 1:5,012,994 | 31,756 |
| Samoa | - | 4 | 1:48,798 | 712 |
| San Marino | 100% | 4 | 1:8,230 | 519 |
| Jersey | - | 3 | 1:33,327 | 1,495 |
| Malaysia | 100% | 3 | 1:10,149,980 | 208,386 |
| Turkey | 100% | 3 | 1:25,933,903 | 52,822 |
| Zambia | - | 3 | 1:5,284,931 | 37,895 |
| Northern Ireland | - | 2 | 1:921,573 | 3,058 |
| Hong Kong | - | 2 | 1:3,876,362 | 13,851 |
| Hungary | 100% | 2 | 1:4,895,886 | 4,852 |
| Senegal | 100% | 2 | 1:7,290,678 | 24,413 |
| Solomon Islands | - | 2 | 1:290,478 | 6,813 |
| Armenia | - | 1 | 1:2,918,753 | 14,910 |
| Belarus | - | 1 | 1:9,482,384 | 20,892 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 1 | 1:21,610,503 | 119,836 |
| China | - | 1 | 1:1,366,055,782 | 109,249 |
| Estonia | 100% | 1 | 1:1,315,380 | 8,883 |
| Ethiopia | - | 1 | 1:97,560,133 | 29,608 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 1 | 1:49,127 | 2,467 |
| Gibraltar | - | 1 | 1:34,138 | 985 |
| Grenada | 100% | 1 | 1:108,125 | 4,208 |
| Guyana | - | 1 | 1:763,262 | 24,238 |
| Iceland | - | 1 | 1:366,017 | 7,938 |
| Iraq | - | 1 | 1:35,017,859 | 22,933 |
| Jamaica | - | 1 | 1:2,883,227 | 22,340 |
| Japan | - | 1 | 1:127,986,057 | 94,066 |
| Jordan | 86% | 1 | 1:8,826,774 | 11,126 |
| Moldova | 100% | 1 | 1:3,561,139 | 8,690 |
| Monaco | - | 1 | 1:38,466 | 2,379 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 1 | 1:30,812,565 | 27,537 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 1 | 1:7,088,663 | 1,497 |
| Singapore | 100% | 1 | 1:6,287,054 | 39,645 |
| South Korea | - | 1 | 1:5,544,421 | 37,250 |
| Swaziland | - | 1 | 1:1,300,177 | 3,374 |
| Tonga | - | 1 | 1:107,436 | 779 |
| Tunisia | - | 1 | 1:676,902 | 12,933 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:109,747 | 4,493 |
| Wallis and Futuna | - | 1 | 1:13,529 | 157 |
The alternate forms: Filoména (1,634), Filomèna (4) & Filomeña (2) are calculated separately.
Filomena (5,252) may also be a surname.
Filomena Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A Latin name, meaning: Daughter of light.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Filomena Forename Popularity
Filomena Demographics
Filomena Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Sample size: 2 (2018)
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Phonetically Similar Names
Filomena Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Filomena in the Russian language | ||
| Филомена | filomena | - |
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