Filaj Surname
Approximately 719 people bear this surname
Filaj Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Albania | 578 | 1:5,042 | 950 |
| Greece | 116 | 1:95,515 | 16,103 |
| Belgium | 7 | 1:1,642,378 | 98,400 |
| United States | 6 | 1:60,409,822 | 1,028,827 |
| Italy | 5 | 1:12,231,338 | 126,430 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Czechia | 2 | 1:5,316,734 | 169,646 |
| Kosovo | 1 | 1:1,861,869 | 14,990 |
The alternate forms: Filáj (15) are calculated separately.
Filaj (35) may also be a first name.
Filaj Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Filaj Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Filaj (Hindi: फिलाज) is held by more people in Albania than any other country/territory. It can also be found as: Filáj. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Filaj? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 467,776th most frequently occurring surname in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 10,135,669 people. The surname Filaj is predominantly found in Europe, where 99 percent of Filaj are found; 97 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 81 percent are found in Albano-Europe. Filaj is also the 1,744,716th most frequent first name worldwide, borne by 35 people.
The last name is most widespread in Albania, where it is borne by 578 people, or 1 in 5,042. In Albania Filaj is most numerous in: Fier County, where 30 percent reside, Berat County, where 28 percent reside and Tirana County, where 16 percent reside. Without taking into account Albania it exists in 7 countries. It is also found in Greece, where 16 percent reside and Belgium, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Filaj Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Filaj in the Hindi language | ||
| फिलाज | philaja | - |
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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
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- 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 Filaj
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