Filmer is used as a family name or surname in many languages. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Filmer
No. of characters: 6
Origin: Unknown
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Filmer

How popular is Filmer?

Filmer is ranked 128167 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Filmers plummeted by 21.17647 per cent to 201 since 2000 and slipped by 20253 spots and ranked at 91625. 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 92.54 92.16
Hispanic or Latino 3.48 0
Others 2.99 5.1
Filmer is not so popular last name but still a prevalent surname concentrated mainly in Australia which may be its originating country too. Around 3084 people have been found who wears Filmer as their family name. Filmer is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
101,066 Zimbabwe5
119,732 Spain5
1,014,159 India4
35,789 Turkey3
4,384 Northern Ireland3
219,873 France2
31,767 Greece2
12,161 Wales2
26,123 Malaysia2
2,085 Nepal2
28,365 Kenya1
3,307 Malta1
24,771 Colombia1
56,169 Mexico1
49,101 Denmark1
83,428 United Arab Emirates1
153,416 Italy1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
9,780 Scotland46
15,050 Singapore18
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
43,335 Canada73
15,572 Switzerland72
11,434 New Zealand57
Countries with hundreds of Filmer:
3,901 Australia778
8,605 England769
11,889 South Africa530
73,918 United States329
38,477 Germany269
24,148 Netherlands106
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

During the great famine, 37 years old immigrant Johanne Filmer who was residing in Great Britain migrated to USA on April 27, 1847 by Switzerland put out from London.

Filmer Namesakes

  • Sir Edmund Filmer, 9th Baronet, Politician
  • Robert Filmer, Political figure
  • June Filmer, Actress
  • Edward Filmer, Dramatist
  • Rebecca Filmer, Film actress
  • Sir Edmund Filmer, 9th Baronet, Politician
  • Richard Filmer, Author
  • Patrick Filmer-Sankey, Film producer
  • Kath Filmer, Author
  • Ilhan Filmer, Film producer

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