Fils is used as a family name or surname in England. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Fils
No. of characters: 4
Origin: England
Meaning:

A variant form of Philipson. The son of Philip. The Philipsons of Thirlwall, county of Northumberland, were a younger branch of the family of Thirlwall, descended from Philip Thirlwall. Slogans of the N. of England.

How popular is Fils?

Fils is common in Haiti, Rwanda, Russia, Chad, United States, France, Brazil, Dominican Republic, DR Congo.

Fils is ranked 28424 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Filss grew by 53.09 per cent to 767 since 2000 and ranked 30442 after elevating 10618 spots. The last name was found in around 3 per million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
Black 85.14 75.65
White 9 13.77
Hispanic or Latino 3 2.99
Others 2.09 7.19
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander
0.78 0
Fils is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in Haiti which signifies its Haiti provenence. Around 18922 people have been found who wears Fils as their family name. Fils is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with thousands of Fils:
186 Haiti8,964
692 Rwanda4,031
10,244 Russia1,782
1,398 Chad1,252
Countries with hundreds of Fils:
33,594 United States953
16,381 France605
21,262 Brazil376
1,950 Dominican Republic300
26,830 DR Congo253
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
21,156 Belgium76
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
76,466 Canada36
49,334 Cameroon31
137,699 Germany28
26,697 Sweden26
2,355 Madagascar25
54,943 Netherlands25
4,719 New Caledonia16
28,977 Finland12
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
132,137 Poland10
77,603 Belarus8
39,591 Venezuela7
51,529 Algeria7
48,272 Ivory Coast6
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Immigrants to US

From Germany

59 years old Anna Fils who was residing in Germany migrated to USA on May 15, 1865 by Saxonia put out from Hamburg. 8 years old Jean Fils, 19 years old Junet Fils, Carl Fils, aged 22, Eliza Fils (30), 57 years old Jacob Fils, Louis Fils, aged 15, Wilhelm Fils, aged 19, Andreas Fils (38) Laborer, Ludlow Fils (14) Farmer, and 9 other Fils around 31.58% of whom were merchant while others worked as farmer and laborer migrated to US from Havre, Hamburg, Falmouth & Havre, Liverpool and Liverpool & Queenstown.

Fils Namesakes

  • Anton Fils, German classical composer

Fils Namesakes

  • Anton Fils, German classical composer

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