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Where Does The Last Name Filter Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The surname Filter (Arabic: فلتر) is borne by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Filter click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Filter? ^{popularity and diffusion}

This surname is the 164,067^th most widespread last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 2,755,216 people. The last name Filter occurs predominantly in Europe, where 48 percent of Filter live; 38 percent live in Western Europe and 38 percent live in Germanic Europe. Filter is also the 335,616^th most commonly used given name at a global level, held by 618 people.

The surname is most numerous in Germany, where it is carried by 974 people, or 1 in 82,654. In Germany it is mostly found in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 26 percent live, Schleswig-Holstein, where 16 percent live and Lower Saxony, where 12 percent live. Other than Germany it exists in 39 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 32 percent live and Brazil, where 9 percent live.

Filter Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The occurrence of Filter has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Filter last name rose 1,132 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it fell 82 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Filter Last Name Statistics ^demography

In The United States those bearing the Filter surname are 30.71% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 77.48% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Filter earn in different countries varies somewhat. In South Africa they earn 4.3% less than the national average, earning R 227,424 per year; in United States they earn 4.91% more than the national average, earning $45,268 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6% more than the national average, earning $52,665 CAD per year.