The Filosa surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 593 people carried this name — #37,544 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 500,000 people counted. That is up 1% from 589 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Filosa surname
A surname from Sicilian.
From Sicilian filuosa (“fishing net”), a metonymic occupational surname for a fisherman.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Filosa» (Italian), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 182 people named Filosa.
9 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 8 départements, most often Bouches-du-Rhône.
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 124 people named Filosa 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 Filosa,
with a public archive behind them.
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Giovanni Battista Filosa 1850–1935 · watercolorist -
Luigi Filosa 1897–1981 · politician
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Luigi Filosa 1897–1981 · politician
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Francesco Filosa 1910–1990 · painter
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Carlo Filosa 1943–2003 · artist
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Carlo Filosa 1943–2003 · artist
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Filosa.
- 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
- Fillon 131 · 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
- Finco 153 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Filosa is.
A volume says what happened to it.
Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.