Firleja Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Latvia
Highest density in:
Latvia

Firleja Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Firleja Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Latvia61:341,67426,199
Poland21:19,004,374199,659

Firleja Last Name Facts

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

The surname Firleja is borne by more people in Latvia than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Firleja? popularity and diffusion

The last name Firleja is the 6,723,624th most widely held surname internationally It is held by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. Firleja is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Firleja reside; 75 percent reside in Northern Europe and 75 percent reside in Baltic Europe.

This surname is most frequently used in Latvia, where it is carried by 6 people, or 1 in 341,674. In Latvia Firleja is most frequent in: Riga Planning Region, where 83 percent reside and Semigallia, where 17 percent reside. Other than Latvia this last name is found in one country. It is also found in Poland, where 25 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Fierleja931/
Firlej924,006/
Fierlej8648/
Firlie77194/
Ferlej7719/
Virlej771/
Firlejová756/
Fairlie712,945/
Firliet7126/
Fairlsa711/
Fairlye711/
Ferlesha671/
Fairliey671/
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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 Firleja
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