Filan Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 1
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 2
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 0
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 2
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 6

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 1
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Filan Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Filan family

Profession Census Frequency
Bar Maid 3
Prestitute 1
Calieo Weaver 1
Hawker 1
Servant 1
Burnisher 1
Scholar 1
Manufacturer 1
Merchant's Apprentice 1
Publican 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Filan

Name Census Frequency
Mary Filan 21
James Filan 13
John Filan 11
Elizabeth Filan 9
Thomas Filan 9
William Filan 7
Ann Filan 6
Sarah Filan 5
Ellen Filan 4
Patrick Filan 4
Alfred Filan 3
Catherine Filan 3
Jane Filan 3
Joseph Filan 3
Michael Filan 3
Alice Filan 2
Annie Filan 2
Edward Filan 2
Fanny Filan 2
George Filan 2
Louisa Filan 2
Margaret Filan 2
Peter Filan 2
Robert Filan 2
Samuel Filan 2

Filan Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Fallen 50% 1,393
2 Flin 60% 706
3 Philan 67% 369
4 Feline 50% 324
5 Folan 80% 215
6 Filan 100% 161
7 Fillan 83% 101

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The surname Filan is the 6th most popular variant of Fallen.

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