The Filho surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 513 people carried this name — #42,308 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 588,200 people counted. That is up 72% from 298 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 74 people named Filho.
Those born in France came from 15 départements, most often Hautes-Pyrénées.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 29 people named Filho live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
Who carried it
People named Filho,
with a public archive behind them.
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João Gomes Ribeiro Filho 1871–1947 · military personnel -
Manoel Paulo Filho 1890–1969 · teacher -
Vasco Filho 1892–1982 · politician -
Marcondes Filho 1892–1974 · politician -
Cândido Mota Filho 1897–1977 · judge -
Oliverio Nunes de Siqueira Filho 1891–1964 · businessperson
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Filho.
- Figueiredo 2,439 · U.S. census
- Figueras 848 · U.S. census
- Figueredo 2,269 · U.S. census
- Figueroa 98,468 · U.S. census
- Fil 220 · U.S. census
- Fila 516 · U.S. census
- Filion 675 · U.S. census
- Filip 1,652 · U.S. census
- Filipe 268 · U.S. census
- Filipiak 1,153 · U.S. census
- Filipovic 463 · U.S. census
- Filippi 1,341 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Filho is.
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