Filar Surname

179,849th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,371 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Poland
Highest density in:
Poland

Filar Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Filar Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Poland1,5461:24,5853,768
United States4831:750,43358,631
Turkey1421:548,03830,314
Croatia471:89,97014,942
Iran401:1,919,56369,574
England171:3,277,533109,658
Germany161:5,031,591189,895
Czechia141:759,53467,321
Austria121:709,62061,025
Canada101:3,684,559191,443
Indonesia81:16,531,149488,268
Israel51:1,711,52784,568
India41:191,766,3461,073,940
Sweden41:2,461,689157,534
Argentina31:14,247,805235,975
Norway31:1,714,09579,528
Australia31:8,998,567200,784
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
France21:33,211,361423,184
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England61:4,062,562101,150
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States71:7,174,098302,835

The alternate forms: Filař (41) are calculated separately.

Filar (83) may also be a first name.

Filar Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Filar Come From? nationality or country of origin

Filar (Marathi: िफलार, Russian: Филар) is carried by more people in Poland than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms: Filař. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Filar? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 179,849th most commonly occurring family name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 3,073,617 people. The last name Filar occurs predominantly in Europe, where 74 percent of Filar reside; 66 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 66 percent reside in West Slavic Europe. It is also the 1,052,971st most frequently occurring first name internationally, held by 83 people.

The surname Filar is most frequent in Poland, where it is borne by 1,546 people, or 1 in 24,585. Excluding Poland it occurs in 27 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 20 percent live and Turkey, where 6 percent live.

Filar Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Filar has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Filar last name increased 6,900 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 283 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Filar Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Filar last name are 5.19% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 58.42% registered with the party.

The amount Filar earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 40.01% less than the national average, earning 207,625 kr per year; in United States they earn 14.33% more than the national average, earning $49,334 USD per year and in Canada they earn 30.79% more than the national average, earning $64,979 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Filař9341/
Filart91647/
Fislar9172/
Filiar9129/
Filard9120/
Filear9115/
Failar9110/
Filyar918/
Filhar915/
Filare912/
Fitlar911/
Pfilar911/
Feilar911/
Filaire83136/
Filhart83122/
Figliar839/
Filyaur834/
Fielaar831/
Faislar831/
Filhaur830/
Filhahr830/
Vilar8036,564/
Filor80429/
Fular80357/
Felar807/
Fylar801/
Feillard77161/
Faillard77153/
Foillard77138/
Filarová7712/
Filarova778/
Feilhaur771/
Failor73993/
Felgar73662/
Vilhar73279/
Felaar73195/
Fullar7389/
Philar7335/
Filorh7323/
Felard7322/
Vhilar7321/
Vilair7321/
Filior7314/
Fyhlar7313/
Vailar7312/
Viliar7310/
Fuliar739/
Felare734/
Filore733/
Fulhar732/
Feelar732/
Feylar732/
Félard732/
Feslar732/
Vilear731/
Vilaur731/
Fulair731/
Vilaar731/
Fielor731/
Filort731/
Felaur731/
Filhor731/
Fulear731/
Filgor730/
Faylar730/
Flehar730/
Pfilor730/
Fehlar730/
Filyarova7126/
Feilhardt7111/
Fetillard711/
Failliard711/
Felaire67131/
Felyaur6751/
Fetlaar6724/
Fulahar6718/
Feullar6713/
Filhour6713/
Feslard6712/
Philaur673/
Felhaur672/
Pflehar672/
Failior671/
Phailar671/
Fehlasr671/
Philarp671/
Vilhaur671/
Vaillar671/
Vuillar671/
Filiord671/
Filorth671/

Filar Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Filar in the Marathi language
िफलारiphalara-
Filar in the Russian language
Филарfilar-

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Filar Reference & Research

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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 Filar
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