Filing Surname

1,359,010th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 163 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Estonia

Filing Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Filing Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States921:3,939,771214,590
Australia241:1,124,82162,883
Estonia191:69,56912,771
Indonesia81:16,531,149488,268
India61:127,844,230863,365
Colombia21:23,887,03632,612
England21:27,859,030389,889
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England61:4,062,562101,150
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States361:1,394,96375,931

Filing (39) may also be a first name.

Filing Last Name Facts

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

The last name Filing is held by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It can also occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Filing? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,359,010th most widespread last name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 44,708,871 people. The surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 58 percent of Filing reside; 56 percent reside in North America and 56 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,637,361st most frequent first name worldwide. It is borne by 39 people.

Filing is most frequently held in The United States, where it is borne by 92 people, or 1 in 3,939,771. In The United States Filing is primarily concentrated in: Ohio, where 50 percent reside, Missouri, where 10 percent reside and Wyoming, where 7 percent reside. Other than The United States this last name is found in 15 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 15 percent reside and Estonia, where 12 percent reside.

Filing Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Filing has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Filing last name rose 256 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it fell 67 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Filing Last Name Statistics demography

Filing earn significantly more than the average income. In United States they earn 29% more than the national average, earning $55,664 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Failing921,240/
Feiling92315/
Fieling926/
Filings925/
Filin9113,535/
Failings862/
Failling861/
Fuiliong861/
Filingue861/
Feilling860/
Filina8316,852/
Filion838,762/
Filien83116/
Failin83103/
Feling8390/
Fitlin8350/
Fiolin8319/
Viling8317/
Feilin838/
Fuling838/
Filgin834/
Fileng832/
Fyling831/
Filhin831/
Filink831/
Filint830/
Filinn830/
Filimg830/
Fehling773,450/
Feuling77429/
Fulling77374/
Feyling77333/
Fähling77136/
Feiglin77114/
Fayling7748/
Feitlin7735/
Feeling7733/
Fealing7733/
Fühling7718/
Foileng7715/
Felings7714/
Fueling7714/
Failina7712/
Philing7710/
Veiling776/
Vailing775/
Felhing774/
Faillin772/
Feilion772/
Fiolina771/
Fesling771/
Feilien771/
Fetling771/
Fuileng771/
Fuhling770/
Vieling770/
Foyling770/
Feillin770/
Felin731,483/
Filen73403/
Vilin73175/
Filén73121/
Filim73115/
Fleng7367/
Filín738/
Félin736/
Failn732/
Fylin730/
Filinova712,071/
Fehlings71167/
Filinová7176/
Felingue7126/
Filengue7118/
Fettling7113/
Fealings716/
Feelings712/
Pfelging711/
Phailing711/
Feillion711/
Phuiling711/
Featling710/
Veilling710/
Filinkova671,996/
Feilen671,064/
Vilien67934/
Veling67821/
Felina67391/
Felion67189/
Felien6797/
Vilijn6784/
Voilin6760/
Fileen6742/
Fielen6735/
Väling6731/
Philin6725/
Failen6715/
Fihlén6714/
Faylin6714/
Felgin6712/
Vileng6710/
Feylin675/
Filinnova675/
Filyon674/
Felingová673/
Viläng673/
Vailin672/
Feelin672/
Feulin672/
Fuleng672/
Felingova672/
Fylina672/
Filaen672/
Filincova671/
Fislen671/
Fehlin671/
Felind671/
Fajlin671/
Veilin671/
Veilng671/
Felint671/
Vuilin671/
Feleng671/
Foilen671/
Filemn671/
Fihlen671/
Felink671/
Felinx671/
Pheihling671/
Pfleng671/
Felinc671/
Filent670/
Filend670/
Feslin670/
Felinn670/
Fealin670/

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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 Filing
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