Filan is used as a family name or surname in Vietnam. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Filan
No. of characters: 5
Origin: Vietnam
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Filan

How popular is Filan?

Filan is common in Vietnam.

Filan is ranked 125658 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Filans plummeted by 22.84867 per cent to 260 since 2000 and slipped by 17688 spots and ranked at 74375. The last name was found in around 1 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 90.38 91.1
Hispanic or Latino 5.38 5.64
Filan is not so popular last name but still a prevalent family name common in Vietnam. On the other hand, it is more oftenly used in Slovakia. Around 3163 people have been found who wears Filan as their family name. Filan is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
14,054 China3
127,708 Czech Republic3
24,766 Scotland2
33,202 Saudi Arabia2
40,256 Mexico2
26,123 Malaysia2
4,944 Bosnia2
2,024 Mongolia1
42,479 Greece1
172,258 Germany1
277,603 France1
7,847 Albania1
151,601 Spain1
1,704,541 India1
23,434 Burkina Faso1
16,640 Hong Kong1
8,859 Iraq1
29,774 Venezuela1
83,428 United Arab Emirates1
153,416 Italy1
199,150 Kazakhstan1
17,575 Kuwait1
36,678 Singapore1
66,560 Philippines1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
45,070 Australia45
269,016 Russia29
266,355 Indonesia23
126,462 England22
202,099 Ukraine14
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
4,308 Ireland82
46,183 Canada68
Countries with hundreds of Filan:
8,597 Turkey908
60,153 United States424
8,562 Slovakia124
Countries with thousands of Filan:
1,404 Vietnam1,391
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

During the great famine, 30 years old weaver James Filan who was residing in Ireland migrated to USA on August 10, 1849 by Marmion put out from Liverpool. Workman Patk. Filan, 20 years old Betty Filan, Fanny Filan (20), are others that migrated to US.

Filan Namesakes

  • Shane Filan, Singer
  • Finbarr Filan, Shane Filan's brother
  • Gaetano Filangieri, Jurist
  • Gaetano Filangieri, Jurist
  • Kenaz Filan, Author
  • Shane Filan, Singer
  • Petros Filaniotis, Soccer player
  • Samanta Filan, Actress
  • Shane Filan, Singer
  • Christiane Filangieri, Actress

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