Filks Surname
Approximately 11 people bear this surname
Filks Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sweden | 5 | 1:1,969,351 | 134,077 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Filks Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Filks Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Filks is borne by more people in Sweden than any other country or territory. It may appear as:. Click here for further possible spellings of Filks.
How Common Is The Last Name Filks? popularity and diffusion
The surname Filks is the 5,812,366th most frequently held surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 662,504,174 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 64 percent of Filks reside; 55 percent reside in Northern Europe and 45 percent reside in Scandinavia.
It is most widespread in Sweden, where it is borne by 5 people, or 1 in 1,969,351. In Sweden Filks is most prevalent in: Stockholm County, where 100 percent reside. Beside Sweden Filks occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 27 percent reside and Egypt, where 9 percent reside.
Filks Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Filks has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Filks surname grew 300 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Filk | 89 | 116 | / |
| Flks | 89 | 3 | / |
| Vilks | 80 | 605 | / |
| Felks | 80 | 263 | / |
| Filke | 80 | 85 | / |
| Fleks | 80 | 81 | / |
| Fielk | 80 | 69 | / |
| Filck | 80 | 3 | / |
| Fislk | 80 | 1 | / |
| Filgs | 80 | 1 | / |
| Filcs | 80 | 1 | / |
| Flk | 75 | 11 | / |
| Flecks | 73 | 163 | / |
| Figlik | 73 | 16 | / |
| Fielgs | 73 | 2 | / |
| Fielck | 73 | 1 | / |
| Felkse | 73 | 1 | / |
| Filkhe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Philks | 73 | 1 | / |
| Felk | 67 | 1,686 | / |
| Flek | 67 | 1,411 | / |
| Filkova | 67 | 1,199 | / |
| Vilk | 67 | 825 | / |
| Filková | 67 | 512 | / |
| Filc | 67 | 308 | / |
| Fölk | 67 | 41 | / |
| Flke | 67 | 10 | / |
| Filx | 67 | 6 | / |
| Philcks | 67 | 4 | / |
| Fälk | 67 | 2 | / |
| Vlks | 67 | 2 | / |
| Flkp | 67 | 2 | / |
| Fflk | 67 | 1 | / |
| Flcs | 67 | 1 | / |
| Filg | 67 | 1 | / |
| Flkh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Flkk | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fllk | 67 | 1 | / |
| Flqk | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Filks
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