Filé Surname

3,185,033rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 38 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Suriname

Filé Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Filé Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands151:1,125,81268,885
Brazil111:19,461,303329,560
Suriname41:138,1547,029
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Curaçao11:157,2471,313
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
São Tomé and Príncipe11:177,4233,686

The alternate forms: File (6,816) & Filè (2) are calculated separately.

Filé Last Name Facts

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

The last name Filé is found most in The Netherlands. It may appear as a variant: File or Filè. Click here for other possible spellings of Filé.

How Common Is The Last Name Filé? popularity and diffusion

Filé is the 3,185,033rd most commonly used last name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 191,777,524 people. The surname Filé occurs mostly in The Americas, where 50 percent of Filé are found; 42 percent are found in Western Europe and 42 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most widely held in The Netherlands, where it is held by 15 people, or 1 in 1,125,812. In The Netherlands it is most numerous in: South Holland, where 53 percent live, North Holland, where 33 percent live and Flevoland, where 7 percent live. Other than The Netherlands Filé exists in 7 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 29 percent live and Suriname, where 11 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
File926,816/
Filè922/
Filée89140/
Failé895/
Filér891/
Figlié802/
Fila7515,771/
Fili7510,284/
Fily751,567/
Filí751/
Filá751/
Feillée731/
Filip6755,135/
Faila6733,796/
Filiz6729,816/
Files675,508/
Filer674,914/
Filio674,033/
Filep673,205/
Fisli672,882/
Fihla672,715/
Filis672,119/
Faile671,851/
Filia671,512/
Filet67876/
Filaj67719/
Fuila67467/
Filie67450/
Filya67409/
Faili67387/
Feile67354/
Pfile67346/
Fiole67332/
Faily67316/
Fiely67279/
Filea67267/
Filey67237/
Filej67228/
Pfila67226/
Feili67207/
Fiela67163/
Filee67146/
Feily67135/
Filay67128/
Fiele67124/
Fileš67103/
Filez6798/
Foila6761/
Filyo6760/
Filoa6760/
Filei6741/
Filed6738/
Foili6719/
Fileh6719/
Filge6718/
Filáj6715/
Filit6714/
Filai6714/
Filih6714/
Fitle6713/
Foile6711/
Feila6710/
Fitli678/
Fisle677/
Filid676/
Fioly675/
Filoj674/
Fhily674/
Filje674/
Fuile673/
Filiy673/
Filhi672/
Filhe672/
Fhile672/
Fihle672/
Fileu672/
Fhili672/
Fhila672/
Filii672/
Filui672/
Filoy671/
Filyp671/
Fieli671/
Filaa671/
Fijla671/
Foily671/
Filiß671/
Filgi671/
Filoi671/
Fihli671/

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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 Filé
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