The Fils surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 767 people carried this name — #30,442 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 384,600 people counted. That is up 53% from 501 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 152 people named Fils.
21 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 23 départements, most often Paris.
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 Belgium’s population register
At least 22 people named Fils 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 Liège.
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 the Nordic population registers
20 people named Fils 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).
In print
Fils in American newspapers,
1865–1907.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 984,757 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Fils,
with a public archive behind them.
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Anton Fils 1733–1760 · composer
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Sandrine Fils 1973– · politician
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Pascal Fils 1984– · Canadian football player
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Arthur Fils 2004– · tennis player
Wikidata (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Fils.
- 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
- Filosa 593 · 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
- Fine 11,618 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Fils is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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