Filić Surname

223,394th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,823 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Serbia
Highest density in:
Kosovo

Filić Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Filić Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Serbia1,0941:6,531784
Croatia3831:11,0412,052
Kosovo3251:5,729975
Slovenia171:146,33413,558
North Macedonia21:1,050,73626,362
Bosnia and Herzegovina11:3,536,40219,532
Montenegro11:639,5659,092

The alternate forms: Filic (52) are calculated separately.

Filić Last Name Facts

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

Filić is found in Serbia more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as: Filic. Click here to see other potential spellings of Filić.

How Common Is The Last Name Filić? popularity and diffusion

The surname Filić is the 223,394th most frequently occurring family name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 3,997,557 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Filić reside; 100 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 82 percent reside in South Slavic Europe.

The last name Filić is most widespread in Serbia, where it is held by 1,094 people, or 1 in 6,531. In Serbia Filić is mostly found in: Belgrade, where 36 percent reside, Podunavlje District, where 24 percent reside and Pomoravlje District, where 11 percent reside. Not including Serbia this last name exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in Croatia, where 21 percent reside and Kosovo, where 18 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Filic9352/
Fiolić91294/
Filoić915/
Filiz8029,816/
Vilić802,363/
Felić801,003/
Filich73240/
Filitz73124/
Filici7377/
Failiz732/
Filiez732/
Fieliz732/
Filaiz731/
Filits731/
Fejlić731/
Filicz731/
Fielitz671,302/
Filiche67122/
Filizci6785/
Feilich6748/
Feilitz6728/
Fiolich6710/
Feillic678/
Fileich671/
Filaici671/
Filisci671/
Filietz671/

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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 Filić
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