Flers Surname

3,141,416th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 39 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
France

Flers Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Flers Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France371:1,795,209158,669
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States71:7,174,098302,835

Flers Last Name Facts

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

The last name Flers (Russian: Флерс) is held by more people in France than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Flers? popularity and diffusion

It is the 3,141,416th most common surname throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 186,860,152 people. The surname Flers occurs predominantly in Europe, where 95 percent of Flers are found; 95 percent are found in Western Europe and 95 percent are found in Gallo-Europe.

The last name is most frequent in France, where it is borne by 37 people, or 1 in 1,795,209. In France Flers is mostly concentrated in: Île-de-France, where 57 percent live, Pays de la Loire, where 32 percent live and Hauts-de-France, where 5 percent live. Apart from France Flers occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Japan, where 3 percent live and The United States, where 3 percent live.

Flers Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Flers has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name contracted 86 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Fleurs91915/
Fliers91111/
Fleers9169/
Floers9152/
Fleors9111/
Flaers910/
Flears910/
Fllers910/
Fellers833,220/
Fillers83844/
Floersh8317/
Failers839/
Füllers833/
Feelers833/
Feilers832/
Fetlers831/
Flors80435/
Flerx8069/
Flörs8015/
Flars805/
Felrs800/
Floersch77365/
Filliers7745/
Faillers7721/
Feellers771/
Flohrs73216/
Florsz73108/
Vliers7377/
Flairs733/
Florrs732/
Florës731/
Flerce731/
Floirs730/
Villers673,271/
Florsch67233/
Fellars6795/
Flörsch6776/
Vüllers6767/
Völlers6733/
Vellers6726/
Fellors674/
Fillars673/
Fillors671/
Flrx671/
Flirsch670/
Fillirs670/

Flers Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Flers in the Russian language
Флерсflers-

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Flers Reference & Research

Flowers FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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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 Flers
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis