The Fillon surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 131 people carried this name — #129,825 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 2,500,000 people counted. That is up 9% from 120 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 2,328 people named Fillon.
26 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 80 départements, most often Eure-et-Loir.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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 128 people named Fillon 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 Santa Fe.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
22 people named Fillon live in Switzerland.
They live in 2 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.
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.
Who carried it
People named Fillon,
with a public archive behind them.
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Benjamin Fillon 1819–1881 · official -
Jean-Marie Fillon 1874–1957 · politician -
Louis Fillon 1877–1943 · Catholic priest -
Amélie Fillon 1880–1968 · writer
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Paul-Ernest Dumont-Fillon 1880–1949 · military personnel
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Arthur Fillon 1900–1974 · painter
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Fillon.
- Filippi 1,341 · U.S. census
- Filippini 704 · U.S. census
- Filippone 1,401 · U.S. census
- Filler 1,988 · U.S. census
- Fillinger 616 · U.S. census
- Fillion 1,401 · U.S. census
- Filosa 593 · U.S. census
- Fils 767 · U.S. census
- Fimbel 153 · U.S. census
- Fin 138 · U.S. census
- Fina 526 · U.S. census
- Finck 2,237 · U.S. census
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