Filty Surname

1,295,379th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 175 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Morocco
Highest density in:
Morocco

Filty Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Filty Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Morocco1701:202,80134,956
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

Filty Last Name Facts

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

The surname Filty (Arabic: الفلطى) occurs most in Morocco. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Filty click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Filty? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,295,379th most numerous family name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 41,643,120 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Filty are found; 97 percent are found in North Africa and 97 percent are found in Mahgreb.

The surname is most frequently held in Morocco, where it is carried by 170 people, or 1 in 202,801. Apart from Morocco this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 2 percent are found and Cameroon, where 1 percent are found.

Filty Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Filty has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Filty surname decreased 20 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Fielty917/
Filtey910/
Filtay910/
Felty803,926/
Flety80294/
Filta8076/
Filte802/
Filter732,645/
Fletty7390/
Feltey7349/
Filtes734/
Filteš734/
Viltty731/
Filtez731/
Fielta731/
Feltych6740/
Flte6712/
Filther675/
Philthy674/
Fltj672/
Vlty671/
Fillter671/
Filtter671/
Fehelty670/

Filty Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Filty in the Arabic language
الفلطىalflty-

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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 Filty
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