Filon Surname
Approximately 2,337 people bear this surname
Filon Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belarus | 649 | 1:14,640 | 2,336 |
| Russia | 339 | 1:425,142 | 40,569 |
| Romania | 328 | 1:61,213 | 7,394 |
| Greece | 210 | 1:52,761 | 8,729 |
| Poland | 193 | 1:196,937 | 26,427 |
| United States | 142 | 1:2,552,528 | 155,105 |
| Lithuania | 103 | 1:29,462 | 5,187 |
| Netherlands | 82 | 1:205,941 | 28,291 |
| France | 67 | 1:991,384 | 111,008 |
| Italy | 52 | 1:1,176,090 | 74,216 |
| England | 38 | 1:1,466,265 | 63,675 |
| Germany | 20 | 1:4,025,273 | 167,743 |
| Belgium | 19 | 1:605,087 | 54,956 |
| Spain | 12 | 1:3,896,003 | 72,236 |
| Syria | 9 | 1:2,144,558 | 9,551 |
| Indonesia | 9 | 1:14,694,355 | 460,137 |
| Zimbabwe | 9 | 1:1,715,360 | 84,476 |
| Sweden | 8 | 1:1,230,845 | 90,587 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 7 | 1:853,236 | 52,732 |
| Brazil | 7 | 1:30,582,047 | 441,004 |
| Canada | 6 | 1:6,140,932 | 260,641 |
| Argentina | 4 | 1:10,685,854 | 219,200 |
| Gabon | 4 | 1:472,298 | 3,618 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Kazakhstan | 2 | 1:8,841,248 | 174,813 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Turkmenistan | 1 | 1:5,489,112 | 11,427 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 9 | 1:492,207 | 16,355 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 7 | 1:3,482,196 | 89,582 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 34 | 1:1,477,020 | 79,266 |
The alternate forms: Fílon (1) & Filoń (1) are calculated separately.
Filon (383) may also be a first name.
Filon Demographics
Filon Political Affiliation
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Filon Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Filon Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Filon (Marathi: िफलोन, Russian: Филон) is carried by more people in Belarus than any other country/territory. It can occur as: Fílon or Filoń. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Filon? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 181,955th most prevalent family name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 3,118,334 people. This surname is primarily found in Europe, where 84 percent of Filon are found; 59 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 37 percent are found in East Slavic Europe. Filon is also the 442,958th most frequently used first name on earth It is held by 383 people.
The last name Filon is most frequently occurring in Belarus, where it is borne by 649 people, or 1 in 14,640. In Belarus Filon is primarily concentrated in: Grodno Region, where 32 percent reside, Gomel Region, where 24 percent reside and Minsk Region, where 16 percent reside. Excluding Belarus this surname occurs in 37 countries. It also occurs in Russia, where 15 percent reside and Romania, where 14 percent reside.
Filon Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Filon has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Filon surname grew 418 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 543 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it declined 78 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Filon Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is predominantly Catholic (100%) in Ireland, Orthodox (94%) in Russia, Orthodox (69%) in Belarus and Orthodox (90%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those bearing the Filon surname are 13.23% more likely to be registered United Russias than the national average, with 60% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Filon earn in different countries varies greatly. In United States they earn 21.54% more than the national average, earning $52,444 USD per year and in Canada they earn 39.18% less than the national average, earning $30,218 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Filon Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Filon in the Marathi language | ||
| िफलोन | iphalona | 57.14 |
| िफलॉन | iphalona | 42.86 |
| Filon in the Russian language | ||
| Филон | filon | - |
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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 Filon
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