Filig Surname

3,100,440th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 40 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Israel

Filig Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Filig Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Turkey301:2,594,04779,854
Israel51:1,711,52784,568
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Poland11:38,008,749231,653

Filig Last Name Facts

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

The last name Filig has its highest incidence in Turkey. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Filig click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Filig? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 3,100,440th most numerous surname worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 182,188,648 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 93 percent of Filig reside; 88 percent reside in West Asia and 75 percent reside in Anatolia and Highlands.

This surname is most commonly held in Turkey, where it is carried by 30 people, or 1 in 2,594,047. In Turkey Filig is primarily concentrated in: Batman Province, where 60 percent are found and Siirt Province, where 40 percent are found. Besides Turkey this last name exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Israel, where 13 percent are found and The United States, where 5 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Filieg913/
Filigs911/
Fielig910/
Filik803,986/
Fulig80182/
Filix8072/
Filic8052/
Felig8041/
Vilig8017/
Fülig802/
Filug801/
Filiq801/
Fisleigh770/
Fehlig73372/
Filiuc7362/
Fiolic7328/
Filike7322/
Filiuk7315/
Filhik7312/
Feilix7311/
Veilig739/
Fiolik738/
Filick732/
Fuleig731/
Fählig731/
Failik731/
Filiok731/
Feelig730/
Feillic678/
Failick671/
Fuleigh671/
Fitlick670/
Fielick670/

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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 Filig
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