Feil Surname

38,403rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13,696 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Luxembourg

Feil Surname Definition:

(German) One who was mercenary; one who came from Feil, in Pfalz.

Feil Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany7,0681:11,3901,459
United States2,8901:125,41813,322
Brazil1,3011:164,5466,347
Mauritania4831:8,478911
Hungary4211:23,3172,595
Canada2401:153,52315,602
Austria2291:37,1856,017
Australia2091:129,16614,085
Argentina1971:216,97217,873
France1241:535,66773,425
Luxembourg891:6,523977
Poland891:427,06544,572
Netherlands831:203,46028,061
Italy521:1,176,09074,216
Switzerland321:256,65421,165
Philippines301:3,374,607147,509
Czechia251:425,33947,625
Denmark201:282,23621,168
England191:2,932,529101,561
Croatia131:325,27730,776
Slovakia121:444,70454,815
Russia111:13,102,096377,010
South Africa81:6,772,213167,054
Nigeria81:22,142,845310,552
Sweden71:1,406,680102,017
Thailand51:14,127,669603,945
New Zealand51:905,66545,114
Belarus41:2,375,265105,497
Japan31:42,614,76459,022
Venezuela31:10,068,02660,591
China21:683,660,78330,601
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Haiti11:10,683,90724,607
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
Kyrgyzstan11:5,972,65499,197
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Guernsey11:64,4392,137
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England41:6,093,842135,151
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3161:158,92014,556

Feil (231) may also be a first name.

Feil Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(German) One who was mercenary; one who came from Feil, in Pfalz.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Feil Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Feil Come From? nationality or country of origin

Feil (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻓﻴﻞ, Russian: Фэил) occurs in Germany more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Feil? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 38,403rd most prevalent family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 532,093 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 61 percent of Feil reside; 56 percent reside in Western Europe and 55 percent reside in Germanic Europe. Feil is also the 590,311th most common first name internationally, held by 231 people.

This surname is most widely held in Germany, where it is carried by 7,068 people, or 1 in 11,390. In Germany it is most common in: Baden-Württemberg, where 38 percent reside, Bavaria, where 26 percent reside and Rhineland-Palatinate, where 7 percent reside. Besides Germany Feil is found in 43 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 21 percent reside and Brazil, where 9 percent reside.

Feil Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Feil has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Feil surname expanded 915 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 475 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Feil Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Feil surname are 18.69% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 65.46% registered with the party.

The amount Feil earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 69.08% more than the national average, earning R 401,808 per year; in United States they earn 9.06% more than the national average, earning $47,057 USD per year and in Canada they earn 12.13% more than the national average, earning $55,712 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pfeil8914,196/
Feild891,006/
Fetil89473/
Feitl89399/
Feiel89399/
Feile89354/
Fheil89209/
Feihl89185/
Feill8990/
Fecil8945/
Feyil8940/
Fesil899/
F'Eil892/
Fejil892/
Feuil892/
Feisl892/
Ffeil890/
Feisel80806/
Feitel80243/
Feille80106/
Feihle8084/
Feißel8065/
Feihel8033/
Feigli8014/
Pfeile805/
Feasil803/
Pfeill803/
Fessil802/
Feuill801/
Fechil801/
Pfeild801/
Fettil801/
Pffeil801/
Feiell801/
Feisle800/
Faheil800/
Feield800/
Fiel7517,173/
File756,816/
Fele754,357/
Fail752,763/
Fuel751,834/
Feal751,630/
Veil751,428/
Fael75451/
Feel75338/
Feyl75316/
Fitl75130/
Foel7566/
Fejl7544/
Feul7534/
Filh7530/
Felh7518/
Foil7515/
Fhil7510/
Fuil752/
Fgil751/
Fijl751/
Fhel750/
Feijtel73147/
Feissel7373/
Feitell7341/
Feilová7332/
Feichil7317/
Feichel737/
Feihsel733/
Feusill731/
Fheileh731/
Feyilhe731/
Feisiel730/
Fasil6746,070/
Fasel674,061/
Fajil672,613/
Felle672,250/
Fille672,047/
Faile671,851/
Faisl671,833/
Foell671,101/
Faial67927/
Fuell67615/
Fytel67559/
Fatel67469/
Facil67466/
Fajel67446/
Fesel67425/
Ficel67417/
Fisel67400/
Fitil67392/
Pheil67390/
Pfile67346/
Fijal67344/
Veihl67314/
Foehl67278/
Pfiel67261/
Fhail67243/
Faill67228/
Foyil67209/
Fayil67192/
Fógel67177/
Fijol67139/
Fetel67134/
Feyel67132/
Fitel67119/
Feyhl67117/
Fujel67112/
Fehal67111/
Feutl67105/
Foitl67103/
Felhő67101/
Fayel6794/
Veiel6788/
Fejtl6785/
Veyil6772/
Fuyel6769/
Feşel6764/
Ficil6760/
Fiyol6755/
Fågel6754/
Fawel6752/
Feyle6747/
Fowel6745/
Faijl6743/
Fiell6742/
Fittl6742/
Faitl6741/
Foyel6730/
Feßel6729/
Fatil6726/
Fiyal6725/
Feule6724/
Fecel6723/
Feell6722/
Fysel6720/
Pfail6718/
Fojel6716/
Fejal6716/
Fígel6715/
Fujil6714/
Veill6713/
Faiol6713/
Fuehl6712/
Foill6712/
Feele6712/
Foile6711/
Facel6711/
Feale6710/
Fhiel6710/
Fuihl679/
Feytl678/
Fisil678/
Fouel677/
Fäsel677/
Fejle677/
Pfeilová676/
Faiel676/
Fißel676/
Feeal676/
Fauel675/
Fijel675/
Feasl675/
Faail674/
Foild674/
Feyal673/
Fojil673/
Fuile673/
Fejel673/
Fysil673/
Filhd672/
Filhe672/
Fhile672/
Feischel672/
Feuel672/
Fehel672/
Fejol672/
Filhp672/
Faßel672/
Fhael672/
Pfuel671/
Fihtl671/
Feull671/
Feyol671/
Fgell671/
Feehl671/
Feahl671/
Faell671/
F'Eichil671/
Fhele671/
Fetyl671/
Fégel671/
Fuilh671/
Feyll671/
Fitlt671/
Fieal671/
Faiul671/
Featl671/
Ffelh671/
Hfejl671/
Fesle670/
Feald670/
Wfhel670/
Feall670/
Fuild670/
Pfael670/
Pfeul670/
Fhelt670/

Feil Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Feil in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﻓﻴﻞafyl81.29
ﺃﻓﻴﻞafyl12.23
ﻓﻴﻞfyl3.6
ﺍﻟﻔﻴﻞalfyl2.88
Feil in the Russian language
Фэилfeil-

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