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Where Does The Last Name Filan Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The last name Filan (Bengali: ফিলন, Marathi: िफलन, Oriya: ଫିଲନାଇଁ, Russian: Филан) is borne by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Filan? ^{popularity and diffusion}

This surname is the 376,758^th most numerous surname internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 7,679,184 people. The last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 50 percent of Filan live; 49 percent live in North America and 49 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 404,611^th most frequently occurring first name throughout the world, borne by 448 people.

This surname is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is borne by 462 people, or 1 in 784,543. In The United States Filan is mostly found in: Washington, where 19 percent reside, New Jersey, where 16 percent reside and California, where 11 percent reside. Barring The United States this last name is found in 47 countries. It is also common in Bosnia and Herzegovina, where 11 percent reside and Ireland, where 8 percent reside.

Filan Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The prevalency of Filan has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name expanded 1,004 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Ireland it expanded 147 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in England it expanded 1,500 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Filan Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Filan last name is principally Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States Filan are 20.5% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 67.27% being registered with the political party.

The amount Filan earn in different countries varies markedly. In United States they earn 12.22% more than the national average, earning $48,423 USD per year and in Canada they earn 47.69% more than the national average, earning $73,378 CAD per year.