Filfan Surname

1,765,740th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 108 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Romania
Highest density in:
Romania

Filfan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Filfan Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Romania921:218,23821,332
Mexico161:7,757,88835,569

The alternate forms: Fîlfan (8) are calculated separately.

Filfan Last Name Facts

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

Filfan is more commonly found in Romania than any other country or territory. It may occur as: Fîlfan. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Filfan? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,765,740th most commonly held last name globally, borne by around 1 in 67,477,277 people. The surname Filfan occurs mostly in Europe, where 85 percent of Filfan live; 85 percent live in Eastern Europe and 85 percent live in Romanian Europe.

Filfan is most commonly held in Romania, where it is borne by 92 people, or 1 in 218,238. In Romania Filfan is most numerous in: Bucharest Municipality, where 51 percent live, Dolj County, where 40 percent live and Giurgiu County, where 4 percent live. Excluding Romania this last name is found in one country. It is also found in Mexico, where 15 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Fîlfan948/
Vilfan83314/
Felpfan771/
Villfan771/
Felfain770/
Flepfain710/
Fllfon671/
Philfon621/
Philphan571/
Velfon501/

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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 Filfan
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