Filum Surname

4,649,889th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 18 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Chile
Highest density in:
Chile

Filum Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Filum Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Chile161:1,101,03021,213
Iran21:38,391,262236,033

Filum Last Name Facts

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

Filum is borne by more people in Chile than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Filum? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 4,649,889th most common last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 404,863,662 people. This surname is primarily found in The Americas, where 89 percent of Filum are found; 89 percent are found in South America and 89 percent are found in Hispanic Southern America.

The last name Filum is most frequently occurring in Chile, where it is carried by 16 people, or 1 in 1,101,030. In Chile Filum is mostly concentrated in: Santiago Metropolitan Region, where 94 percent are found and Araucanía Region, where 6 percent are found. Excluding Chile it is found in one country. It is also common in Iran, where 11 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Feilum918/
Filium911/
Fileum911/
Failoum831/
Filun80370/
Fulum8021/
Vilum808/
Filom801/
Fullum73654/
Foilom7324/
Filoun7317/
Failun7317/
Faylum7315/
Vilhum7310/
Filuhn736/
Filaun736/
Filiun734/
Fajlum733/
Fulhum733/
Vilium732/
Fulyum731/
Felume731/
Feloum731/
Filyun731/
Foilun731/
Fuhlum731/
Fulium731/
Fuillaume711/
Felusme6713/
Fullium673/
Failoun671/

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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 Filum
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