The Filip surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,652 people carried this name — #17,151 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 178,600 people counted. That is up 5% from 1,571 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Filip surname
Ancient Greek Φίλιππος (Phílippos)lbor. Polish Filip Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Φίλιππος (Phílippos).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Filip» (Polish), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Poland’s population register
5,175 people named Filip have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 5,839 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in all 16 of Poland’s voivodeships, most of all in Subcarpathian.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 141 people named Filip live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Antwerp.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 119 people named Filip 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 Chaco.
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.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 103 people named Filip.
36 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 15 départements, most often Alpes-Maritimes.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
78 people named Filip live in Switzerland.
They live in 9 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In the Nordic population registers
98 people named Filip is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
Who carried it
People named Filip,
with a public archive behind them.
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František Filip 1865–1926 · politician -
Al. Filip d. 1906 · editing staff
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Karel Filip 1808–1855 · teacher
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Vendelín Filip 1815–1889 · teacher
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František Filip 1869–1958 · chronicler
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Jakub Filip 1871–1938
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Filip.
- Figueredo 2,269 · U.S. census
- Figueroa 98,468 · U.S. census
- Fil 220 · U.S. census
- Fila 516 · U.S. census
- Filho 513 · U.S. census
- Filion 675 · 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
- Filippini 704 · U.S. census
- Filippone 1,401 · U.S. census
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