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
Filah is carried by more people in Algeria than any other country or territory. It can also appear 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 widespread surname throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 6,375,806 people. The last name Filah occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Filah reside; 97 percent reside in North Africa and 97 percent reside in Mahgreb. It is also the 646,152nd most widespread first name at a global level It is held by 197 people.
It is most common in Algeria, where it is held by 771 people, or 1 in 50,106. In Algeria it is most common in: Algiers Province, where 57 percent are found, Ouargla Province, where 33 percent are found and Biskra Province, where 10 percent are found. Aside from Algeria it is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Morocco, where 30 percent are found and Indonesia, where 2 percent are found.
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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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