Filomena Surname

91,169th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5,252 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Angola
Highest density in:
Angola

Filomena Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Filomena Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Angola2,1691:12,4431,529
Italy1,1781:51,9169,339
Portugal6511:16,0031,184
Brazil3211:666,89824,627
United States1971:1,839,893120,150
DR Congo1231:600,64745,387
Mexico1201:1,034,38513,379
Argentina1111:385,07629,732
Dominican Republic921:113,4014,751
Canada371:995,82774,831
Philippines311:3,265,749145,701
India301:25,568,846339,406
Indonesia221:6,011,327267,290
Colombia191:2,514,42513,479
Costa Rica191:251,5832,896
Germany161:5,031,591189,895
Venezuela151:2,013,60524,362
Australia141:1,928,26488,951
Switzerland141:586,63740,624
Spain101:4,675,20478,608
Mozambique91:3,029,0632,946
England71:7,959,723202,100
São Tomé and Príncipe71:25,3461,305
France61:11,070,454349,096
Cape Verde51:105,9283,425
Solomon Islands21:290,01419,875
Poland21:19,004,374199,659
Peru21:15,892,06251,966
Kenya21:23,089,95083,168
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Slovenia11:2,487,67531,128
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Tunisia11:610,62630,336
Bolivia11:10,616,43417,077
East Timor11:1,215,928507
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Macau11:601,6301,582
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Equatorial Guinea11:1,135,674984
Guatemala11:16,082,66812,169
Greece11:11,079,790145,225

The alternate forms: Filoména (11) are calculated separately.

Filomena (471,694) may also be a first name.

Filomena Last Name Facts

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

The surname Filomena (Arabic: فيلومينا, Hindi: फिलोमेना, Marathi: िफलोमेना, Russian: Филомена) has its highest incidence in Angola. It may be rendered as a variant: Filoména. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Filomena? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 91,169th most commonly used surname at a global level, borne by around 1 in 1,387,575 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 44 percent of Filomena live; 41 percent live in Southern Africa and 41 percent live in Luso-Southern Africa. Filomena is also the 2,149th most commonly used first name on earth, borne by 471,694 people.

This surname is most commonly held in Angola, where it is carried by 2,169 people, or 1 in 12,443. Not including Angola this last name occurs in 48 countries. It is also common in Italy, where 22 percent are found and Portugal, where 12 percent are found.

Filomena Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Filomena are 13.44% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 66.67% being registered with the political party.

The amount Filomena earn in different countries varies markedly. In Italy they earn 24.92% less than the national average, earning €22,548 per year; in Colombia they earn 14.84% less than the national average, earning $19,332,700 COP per year; in United States they earn 16.79% more than the national average, earning $50,395 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.47% more than the national average, earning $50,908 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Filomena Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Filomena in the Hindi language
फिलोमेनाphilomena-
Filomena in the Marathi language
िफलोमेनाiphalomena90
फीलोमेनाphilomena10
Filomena in the Russian language
Филоменаfilomena-
Filomena in the Arabic language
فيلوميناfylwmyna-

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Footnotes

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