Filea Surname
Approximately 267 people bear this surname
Filea Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Romania | 231 | 1:86,917 | 10,121 |
| Greece | 31 | 1:357,413 | 49,581 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Fîlea (7) are calculated separately.
Filea (23) may also be a first name.
Filea Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Filea Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Filea is held by more people in Romania than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as: Fîlea. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Filea? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 970,883rd most frequently used family name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 27,294,179 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 99 percent of Filea live; 87 percent live in Eastern Europe and 87 percent live in Romanian Europe. Filea is also the 2,239,265th most widely held first name world-wide, held by 23 people.
Filea is most widely held in Romania, where it is held by 231 people, or 1 in 86,917. In Romania it is most frequent in: Dâmbovița County, where 26 percent are found, Brașov County, where 17 percent are found and Olt County, where 17 percent are found. Apart from Romania this surname exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Greece, where 12 percent are found and Italy, where 1 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 Filea
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