Filten Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Filten Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 6 | 1:4,062,562 | 101,150 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 12 | 1:4,184,890 | 180,076 |
Filten Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Filten Come From? nationality or country of origin
Filten is found most frequently in South Africa. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Filten click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Filten? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 8,968,613th most commonly occurring last name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 50 percent of Filten are found; 50 percent are found in Southern Africa and 50 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
The surname Filten is most frequent in South Africa, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 27,088,852. Outside of South Africa it occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in New Zealand, where 25 percent are found and The United States, where 25 percent are found.
Filten Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Filten has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Filten last name contracted 92 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Felten | 83 | 7,472 | / |
| Flåten | 83 | 529 | / |
| Fleten | 83 | 231 | / |
| Vilten | 83 | 24 | / |
| Flæten | 83 | 15 | / |
| Fälten | 83 | 4 | / |
| Filtin | 83 | 2 | / |
| Filtem | 83 | 0 | / |
| Fltn | 80 | 1 | / |
| Flåtten | 77 | 113 | / |
| Fløtten | 77 | 102 | / |
| Feldten | 77 | 100 | / |
| Faelten | 77 | 25 | / |
| Flåthen | 77 | 18 | / |
| Fieltyn | 77 | 8 | / |
| Feltten | 77 | 8 | / |
| Flethen | 77 | 4 | / |
| Fletten | 77 | 2 | / |
| Viltoen | 77 | 2 | / |
| Viltien | 77 | 1 | / |
| Fellten | 77 | 0 | / |
| Filting | 77 | 0 | / |
| Feltien | 77 | 0 | / |
| Feltn | 73 | 1 | / |
| Flåtteng | 71 | 14 | / |
| Velten | 67 | 7,640 | / |
| Feltin | 67 | 444 | / |
| Feltyn | 67 | 73 | / |
| Fältén | 67 | 46 | / |
| Fältin | 67 | 7 | / |
| Feltem | 67 | 5 | / |
| Viltin | 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 Filten
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