Filam Surname
Approximately 663 people bear this surname
Filam Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Togo | 630 | 1:11,504 | 2,968 |
| Nigeria | 28 | 1:6,326,527 | 151,186 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 1:10,043,737 | 422,899 |
Filam (180) may also be a first name.
Filam Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Filam Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Filam (Hindi: फिलम, Oriya: ଫିଲମ, Russian: Филам) is borne by more people in Togo than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Filam? popularity and diffusion
The surname Filam is the 497,277th most frequently used surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 10,991,774 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Filam live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Filam is also the 679,247th most commonly used first name globally, held by 180 people.
The surname is most widespread in Togo, where it is borne by 630 people, or 1 in 11,504. Apart from Togo it occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 4 percent reside and Finland, where 0 percent reside.
Filam Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Filam has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Filam last name contracted 80 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Filam Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Filam in the Oriya language | ||
| ଫିଲମ | philama | - |
| Filam in the Hindi language | ||
| फिलम | philama | 92.31 |
| फीलम | philama | 7.69 |
| Filam in the Russian language | ||
| Филам | filam | - |
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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 Filam
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