Filliter Surname

3,485,539th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 32 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Canada
Highest density in:
Canada

Filliter Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from an occupation. 'the filleter,' a maker of frentlets or fillets for ladies. 'Fylette, philacterlum': Promptorium Parvulorum.

'Hire fillet brode of silk, and set full hye.': Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales.

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Filliter Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Canada161:2,302,849139,666
England81:6,964,757184,742
United States71:51,779,848968,877
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England181:1,354,18747,798

Filliter Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from an occupation. 'the filleter,' a maker of frentlets or fillets for ladies. 'Fylette, philacterlum': Promptorium Parvulorum.

'Hire fillet brode of silk, and set full hye.': Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales.

Way says, 'Johanna domina de Roos bequeaths in 1394, "unam longam filetam de rosis de per', &c."': Test. Ebor. The surname has just managed to survive.

Ricardus le Feleter, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

(French-Latin) the French Fillâtre, earlier (Le) Fil(l)astre = (the) Stepson [Old French fil(l)astre, L.Lat, filiaster, a stepson; Latin fili-us, a son + the suff.

-aster] Bardsley’s ‘a maker of fillets,' although not an unreasonable conclusion in view of the scanty information which he had, is sufficiently disproved by Mr. Ed. Filliter’s exhaustive ‘Memoir of the Filliter Family’ (1907).

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(French-Latin) the French Fillâtre, earlier (Le) Fil(l)astre = (the) Stepson [Old French fil(l)astre, L.Lat, filiaster, a stepson; Latin fili-us, a son + the suff.

-aster] Bardsley’s ‘a maker of fillets,' although not an unreasonable conclusion in view of the scanty information which he had, is sufficiently disproved by Mr. Ed. Filliter’s exhaustive ‘Memoir of the Filliter Family’ (1907).

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Filliter Last Name Facts

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

The last name Filliter has its highest incidence in Canada. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Filliter.

How Common Is The Last Name Filliter? popularity and diffusion

Filliter is the 3,485,539th most commonly used surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 227,735,810 people. It is primarily found in The Americas, where 72 percent of Filliter reside; 72 percent reside in North America and 72 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

The surname is most widespread in Canada, where it is borne by 16 people, or 1 in 2,302,849. In Canada Filliter is most frequent in: Ontario, where 50 percent reside, New Brunswick, where 31 percent reside and Nova Scotia, where 13 percent reside. Outside of Canada this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also common in England, where 25 percent reside and The United States, where 22 percent reside.

Filliter Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Filliter has changed over time. In England the number of people who held the Filliter last name fell 56 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Filliter Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Filliter earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 6.79% less than the national average, earning $40,219 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.79% less than the national average, earning $46,806 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Fillister941/
Filleter8814/
Fiollite881/
Filliete881/
Fliter86125/
Filliette82248/
Felleiter8250/
Philliter820/
Fellister820/
Flitter80803/
Fleiter80582/
Flister80554/
Fluiter8082/
Flieter8030/
Villite805/
Fillete801/
Fellite801/
Phillister781/
Flite77108/
Fillette75792/
Fliether7540/
Flittert7510/
Pflister758/
Villiete754/
Fluitert751/
Villitte751/
Fillitti751/
Fillisti751/
Fleitere751/
Flichter750/
Pfleiter750/
Felleter750/
Flites71259/
Fleite71199/
Fluter71196/
Fleter71126/
Flüter7174/
Felletter7146/
Villiette7124/
Flyter7113/
Flitte718/
Flaite713/
Felletier712/
Fliete711/
Flităr711/
Pflichter711/
Felleitre711/
Flitey711/
Flliti711/
Fluite710/
Flithe710/
Fleites677,861/
Villete671,545/
Fleuter67297/
Flejter67293/
Filleti67265/
Fletter67264/
Vlijter67198/
Flester67112/
Flutter67101/
Flittie6779/
Fleeter6774/
Flayter6770/
Flether6758/
Flütter6729/
Fleyter6712/
Fluyter675/
Fellete675/
Felliti673/
Pfluter672/
Fluhter671/
Flueter671/
Flistes671/
Vellite671/
Flittes671/
Flehter671/
Fleitez671/
Fellita671/
Fillety670/
Fleitey670/
Flittre670/
Phliter670/
Fluther670/

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