Filinga Surname
Approximately 129 people bear this surname
Filinga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 79 | 1:200,632 | 13,107 |
| Namibia | 36 | 1:66,928 | 7,260 |
| Angola | 9 | 1:2,998,802 | 4,903 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Filinga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Filinga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Filinga (Oriya: ଫିଳି, Russian: Филинга) occurs in Zambia more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Filinga? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,581,912th most commonly occurring last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 56,492,604 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Filinga are found; 96 percent are found in Southern Africa and 89 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
The last name Filinga is most frequently held in Zambia, where it is held by 79 people, or 1 in 200,632. In Zambia Filinga is primarily concentrated in: Southern Province, where 87 percent reside, Central Province, where 6 percent reside and Lusaka Province, where 5 percent reside. Not including Zambia this last name is found in 7 countries. It is also common in Namibia, where 28 percent reside and Angola, where 7 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Filinga Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Filinga in the Oriya language | ||
| ଫିଳି | phili | - |
| Filinga in the Russian language | ||
| Филинга | filinga | - |
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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 Filinga
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