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

Filig is more frequently found in Turkey than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Filig? popularity and diffusion

Filig is the 3,100,440th most commonly occurring family name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 182,188,648 people. The surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 93 percent of Filig are found; 88 percent are found in West Asia and 75 percent are found in Anatolia and Highlands.

Filig is most commonly occurring in Turkey, where it is borne by 30 people, or 1 in 2,594,047. In Turkey Filig is most numerous in: Batman Province, where 60 percent live and Siirt Province, where 40 percent live. Beside Turkey this surname occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Israel, where 13 percent live and The United States, where 5 percent live.

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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