Fileau Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Fileau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 8 | 1:6,277,336 | 262,771 |
Fileau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Fileau Come From? nationality or country of origin
Fileau occurs most in France. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Fileau? popularity and diffusion
The last name Fileau is the 8,968,613th most widespread last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The surname Fileau occurs predominantly in Europe, where 75 percent of Fileau live; 75 percent live in Western Europe and 75 percent live in Gallo-Europe.
This last name is most frequently used in France, where it is held by 3 people, or 1 in 22,140,907. In France it is primarily concentrated in: Brittany, where 33 percent live, Hauts-de-France, where 33 percent live and Pays de la Loire, where 33 percent live. Barring France Fileau is found in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 25 percent live.
Fileau Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Fileau has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Fileau surname declined 87 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Filieau | 92 | 13 | / |
| Filea | 91 | 267 | / |
| Filjau | 83 | 1 | / |
| Filieu | 83 | 1 | / |
| Filicea | 77 | 1 | / |
| Felea | 73 | 1,768 | / |
| Filja | 73 | 472 | / |
| Fîlea | 73 | 7 | / |
| Fleja | 73 | 2 | / |
| Filju | 73 | 1 | / |
| Filiou | 67 | 630 | / |
| Flejou | 67 | 90 | / |
| Feleay | 67 | 36 | / |
| Filjas | 67 | 27 | / |
| Filija | 67 | 19 | / |
| Feleha | 67 | 16 | / |
| Filjač | 67 | 10 | / |
| Felieu | 67 | 10 | / |
| Filiha | 67 | 6 | / |
| Philea | 67 | 5 | / |
| Filiey | 67 | 4 | / |
| Filiah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Filjee | 67 | 1 | / |
| Filéus | 67 | 1 | / |
| Feljau | 67 | 1 | / |
| Flejah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Filiye | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fileesiya | 67 | 1 | / |
| Feleah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vilyea | 67 | 0 | / |
| Filyou | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Fileau
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis