Filah Surname
Approximately 1,143 people bear this surname
Filah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 771 | 1:50,106 | 8,658 |
| Morocco | 341 | 1:101,103 | 17,469 |
| Indonesia | 25 | 1:5,289,968 | 246,176 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Liberia | 2 | 1:2,204,268 | 40,131 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
Filah (197) may also be a first name.
Filah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Filah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Filah is more frequently found in Algeria than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Filah? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 325,490th most commonly held last name on earth, borne by around 1 in 6,375,806 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Filah reside; 97 percent reside in North Africa and 97 percent reside in Mahgreb. Filah is also the 646,152nd most commonly occurring first name in the world, borne by 197 people.
The last name Filah is most prevalent in Algeria, where it is carried by 771 people, or 1 in 50,106. In Algeria it is most frequent in: Algiers Province, where 57 percent live, Ouargla Province, where 33 percent live and Biskra Province, where 10 percent live. Excluding Algeria it exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Morocco, where 30 percent live and Indonesia, where 2 percent live.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Filah
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