Filer is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Filer
No. of characters: 5
Origin: United States
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Filer

How popular is Filer?

Filer is common in United States.

Filer is ranked 87390 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Filer bearers increased by 0.9113504 per cent in 2010 US census to 2436 since 2000, the surname slipped by 806 spots and ranked at 12682. The last name was found in around 8 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 80.13 83.31
Black 14.9 13.3
Others 2.09 1.33
Hispanic or Latino 1.77 1.28
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.74 0.54
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.37 0.25
Filer is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Wales is ahead in terms of density. Around 4937 people have been found who wears Filer as their family name. Filer is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
82,942 Zimbabwe8
59,967 Moldova4
2,720 South Korea3
54,641 Sweden2
52,939 United Arab Emirates2
18,718 Thailand2
139,444 Brazil2
1,704,541 India1
28,746 Algeria1
11,486 Estonia1
2,232 French Polynesia1
37,779 Serbia1
153,416 Italy1
29,046 Japan1
12,745 Luxembourg1
118,015 Netherlands1
5,924 Paraguay1
36,678 Singapore1
29,774 Venezuela1
19,533 Uruguay1
165,773 Belarus1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
9,780 Scotland46
282,307 Russia27
173,579 Ukraine18
84,957 Spain15
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
14,658 Israel71
133,875 France61
14,717 Chile54
Countries with hundreds of Filer:
7,357 England930
12,073 Australia228
25,955 South Africa219
2,662 Wales147
13,504 Romania146
28,123 Canada121
6,646 New Zealand111
Countries with thousands of Filer:
12,885 United States2,706
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Workman J. Filer from Great Britain aboard the Elizabeth from Bristol during the Irish famine. He is registered to be 21 years old when he arrived in USA on April 28, 1849.

Filer Namesakes

  • Adonis Filer, Basketball Player
  • Nathan Filer, Writer
  • Nathan Filer, Writer
  • Xenophon Fileris, Martha Vourtsi's husband
  • Nathan Filer, Writer

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