Filima Surname
Approximately 198 people bear this surname
Filima Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 183 | 1:967,993 | 41,230 |
| Croatia | 7 | 1:604,086 | 40,820 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Filima (152) may also be a first name.
Filima Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Filima Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Filima (Hindi: फिलीमा, Oriya: ଫିଲିମା, Russian: Филима) is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Filima? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,194,481st most commonly held last name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 36,805,787 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 93 percent of Filima live; 92 percent live in West Africa and 92 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Filima is also the 746,252nd most frequently occurring first name on earth, held by 152 people.
The last name is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is held by 183 people, or 1 in 967,993. In Nigeria it is most common in: Rivers, where 99 percent reside and Cross River, where 1 percent reside. Other than Nigeria it is found in 9 countries. It also occurs in Croatia, where 4 percent reside and Brazil, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Filisma | 92 | 36 | / |
| Filioma | 92 | 1 | / |
| Filimau | 92 | 1 | / |
| Filismat | 86 | 44 | / |
| Filiomea | 86 | 15 | / |
| Felima | 83 | 1,128 | / |
| Vilima | 83 | 195 | / |
| Filimo | 83 | 47 | / |
| Filema | 83 | 15 | / |
| Filimi | 83 | 2 | / |
| Filuma | 83 | 1 | / |
| Fulima | 83 | 1 | / |
| Felisma | 77 | 330 | / |
| Vilimaa | 77 | 51 | / |
| Viliema | 77 | 35 | / |
| Failuma | 77 | 15 | / |
| Philima | 77 | 11 | / |
| Vailima | 77 | 10 | / |
| Filismo | 77 | 2 | / |
| Filimis | 77 | 2 | / |
| Vileima | 77 | 2 | / |
| Félisma | 77 | 1 | / |
| Filemai | 77 | 1 | / |
| Filiome | 77 | 1 | / |
| Filisme | 77 | 1 | / |
| Fuleima | 77 | 1 | / |
| Feliema | 77 | 1 | / |
| Filimoh | 77 | 1 | / |
| Filimer | 77 | 0 | / |
| Philisma | 71 | 151 | / |
| Filimets | 71 | 9 | / |
| Philimas | 71 | 2 | / |
| Felismat | 71 | 2 | / |
| Filimous | 71 | 1 | / |
| Vilema | 67 | 2,351 | / |
| Viluma | 67 | 497 | / |
| Vulima | 67 | 270 | / |
| Felema | 67 | 203 | / |
| Velima | 67 | 70 | / |
| Fylyma | 67 | 69 | / |
| Filemo | 67 | 63 | / |
| Vilimi | 67 | 58 | / |
| Fileme | 67 | 41 | / |
| Fuluma | 67 | 35 | / |
| Felyma | 67 | 17 | / |
| Flejma | 67 | 11 | / |
| Felime | 67 | 11 | / |
| Fulema | 67 | 5 | / |
| Fulimo | 67 | 4 | / |
| Felimi | 67 | 3 | / |
| Felimo | 67 | 3 | / |
| Filemi | 67 | 2 | / |
| Philismat | 67 | 2 | / |
| Vilimé | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vilime | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vilyma | 67 | 1 | / |
Filima Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Filima in the Hindi language | ||
| फिलीमा | philima | - |
| Filima in the Oriya language | ||
| ଫିଲିମା | philima | - |
| Filima in the Russian language | ||
| Филима | filima | - |
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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 Filima
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