Filex Surname

510,931st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 640 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Marshall Islands

Filex Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Filex Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania3181:166,48314,737
Kenya1961:235,61216,480
Philippines281:3,615,651151,287
Nigeria271:6,560,843154,927
Papua New Guinea171:479,63060,627
Malaysia131:2,268,78789,138
Egypt91:10,215,08448,153
United States71:51,779,848968,877
India51:153,413,076951,030
Morocco41:8,619,02573,251
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Marshall Islands11:51,8212,326
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Saint Lucia11:178,7813,800
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
Solomon Islands11:580,02922,243
Guyana11:762,22114,420
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States61:8,369,781355,680

Filex (7,629) may also be a first name.

Filex Last Name Facts

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

The surname Filex is held by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Filex? popularity and diffusion

Filex is the 510,931st most frequently held surname globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 11,386,790 people. The surname Filex is mostly found in Africa, where 87 percent of Filex reside; 80 percent reside in East Africa and 64 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Filex is also the 73,347th most frequently used first name internationally It is held by 7,629 people.

The surname is most commonly occurring in Tanzania, where it is borne by 318 people, or 1 in 166,483. In Tanzania Filex is mostly found in: Arusha Region, where 91 percent are found, Kilimanjaro Region, where 3 percent are found and Singida Region, where 3 percent are found. Not including Tanzania it occurs in 23 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 31 percent are found and The Philippines, where 4 percent are found.

Filex Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Filex has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Filex surname rose 117 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Filex Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Filex last name is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Filex earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 5.77% less than the national average, earning $40,661 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Fileux9185/
Fielex911/
Filexs911/
Files805,508/
Felex802,720/
Filek801,755/
Filec80278/
Filej80228/
Filax80112/
Fileš80103/
Filez8098/
Filix8072/
Vilex8012/
Filox801/
Félex801/
Feilleux7750/
Failliex771/
Filice735,565/
Foiles73818/
Fileus73532/
Filges73449/
Failes73379/
Fielek73358/
Fiolek73323/
Filies73174/
Veilex73103/
Fullex7396/
Fileds7386/
Feiles7367/
Fieles7342/
Philex7322/
Filike7322/
Filhes7319/
Fileas7318/
Filise7314/
Feilix7311/
Fioles737/
Filesh736/
Feliex735/
Fileks735/
Fileke735/
Filets734/
Filieg733/
Fielix732/
Felexs732/
Filetz732/
Feleix732/
Filiez732/
Fuelex732/
Filese731/
Fielax731/
Felexe731/
Failej731/
Filgix731/
Fileck731/
Filixe731/
Fileïs731/
Filejs731/
Filech731/
Failez730/
Filess730/
Filect730/
Fielies672,341/
Filiche67122/
Feilles6765/
Feilhes6743/
Failles6717/
Filesch677/
Feliexs671/
Fieleis671/
Veileix671/
Voileux671/
Feilise671/
Filishe671/
Fileich671/
Filheis671/
Feilies670/

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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 Filex
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