Filen Surname
Approximately 403 people bear this surname
Filen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thailand | 212 | 1:333,200 | 57,566 |
| South Africa | 95 | 1:570,292 | 44,274 |
| Finland | 34 | 1:161,668 | 14,556 |
| United States | 30 | 1:12,081,964 | 463,456 |
| Russia | 13 | 1:11,086,389 | 347,183 |
| Bulgaria | 4 | 1:1,744,726 | 46,837 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 10 | 1:2,437,537 | 68,340 |
| Scotland | 4 | 1:935,804 | 21,348 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 17 | 1:2,954,040 | 135,915 |
The alternate forms: Filén (121) are calculated separately.
Filen (72) may also be a first name.
Filen Demographics
Average Filen Salary in
United States
$53,232 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Filen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Filen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Filen (Oriya: ଫିେଲନ, Russian: Филен) occurs in Thailand more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as: Filén. Click here to see other possible spellings of Filen.
How Common Is The Last Name Filen? popularity and diffusion
It is the 722,496th most widely held last name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 18,083,240 people. Filen occurs mostly in Asia, where 54 percent of Filen are found; 53 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 53 percent are found in Tai-Asia. It is also the 1,143,416th most widespread first name throughout the world It is held by 72 people.
Filen is most numerous in Thailand, where it is carried by 212 people, or 1 in 333,200. In Thailand Filen is mostly concentrated in: Sisaket Province, where 100 percent live. Besides Thailand this last name exists in 17 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 24 percent live and Finland, where 8 percent live.
Filen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Filen has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname increased 176 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it declined 90 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Filen Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Filen surname are 2.33% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 55.56% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Filen earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 25.16% less than the national average, earning R 177,852 per year and in United States they earn 23.37% more than the national average, earning $53,232 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Filen Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Filen in the Oriya language | ||
| ଫିେଲନ | phielana | - |
| Filen in the Russian language | ||
| Филен | filen | - |
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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 Filen
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