Filho Surname
Approximately 34,123 people bear this surname
Filho Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Angola | 22,085 | 1:1,222 | 217 |
| Brazil | 9,951 | 1:21,513 | 1,015 |
| Portugal | 830 | 1:12,552 | 1,016 |
| United States | 829 | 1:437,224 | 37,617 |
| France | 176 | 1:377,402 | 56,030 |
| England | 51 | 1:1,092,511 | 52,584 |
| Thailand | 21 | 1:3,363,731 | 310,277 |
| Suriname | 19 | 1:29,085 | 5,642 |
| Australia | 17 | 1:1,587,982 | 78,599 |
| Canada | 16 | 1:2,302,849 | 139,666 |
| Belgium | 10 | 1:1,149,664 | 82,403 |
| Argentina | 9 | 1:4,749,268 | 159,873 |
| Northern Ireland | 7 | 1:263,577 | 11,625 |
| Scotland | 6 | 1:892,303 | 28,047 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| South Africa | 5 | 1:10,835,541 | 204,227 |
| Germany | 5 | 1:16,101,092 | 397,699 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| China | 4 | 1:341,830,392 | 16,990 |
| Italy | 4 | 1:15,289,172 | 132,955 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Mozambique | 4 | 1:6,815,392 | 4,272 |
| Japan | 3 | 1:42,614,764 | 59,022 |
| Paraguay | 3 | 1:2,412,249 | 13,111 |
| New Zealand | 3 | 1:1,509,441 | 47,971 |
| Ireland | 3 | 1:1,569,646 | 17,286 |
| Spain | 3 | 1:15,584,012 | 120,866 |
| Turkey | 3 | 1:25,940,474 | 162,557 |
| Iceland | 2 | 1:190,045 | 6,825 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1 | 1:112,659 | 1,704 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Andorra | 1 | 1:83,838 | 2,381 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Belize | 1 | 1:355,474 | 3,977 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Curaçao | 1 | 1:157,247 | 1,313 |
| Falkland Islands | 1 | 1:3,132 | 317 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Guinea | 1 | 1:11,833,817 | 3,268 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Isle of Man | 1 | 1:85,822 | 4,091 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Macau | 1 | 1:601,630 | 1,582 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
The alternate forms: Filhó (115) are calculated separately.
Filho (368) may also be a first name.
Filho Demographics
Average Male Filho Height
173.16 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Filho Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Filho Come From? nationality or country of origin
Filho (Arabic: فيلهو) is most common in Angola. It can also occur as a variant: Filhó. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Filho? popularity and diffusion
Filho is the 16,292nd most frequently used surname on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 213,567 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 65 percent of Filho are found; 65 percent are found in Southern Africa and 65 percent are found in Luso-Southern Africa. Filho is also the 453,251st most frequent first name world-wide It is held by 368 people.
It is most widely held in Angola, where it is carried by 22,085 people, or 1 in 1,222. Outside of Angola it is found in 65 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 29 percent live and Portugal, where 2 percent live.
Filho Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Filho last name are 44.24% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 97.47% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Filho earn in different countries varies significantly. In United States they earn 0.22% more than the national average, earning $43,246 USD per year and in Canada they earn 26.64% more than the national average, earning $62,919 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Filho Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Filho in the Arabic language | ||
| فيلهو | fylhw | - |
| فيليو | fylyw | - |
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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 Filho
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