Skip to content
Name Lineage

    The surname Files

    A surname, carried by 3,744 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex F420

    Files: #8,761 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Files #8,761, 3,744 people Files: #8,761 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Files #8,761, 3,744 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Files is more common than 94.6% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 3,744 people named Files in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 82,464 Americans. That is up 2.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,668.

    #8,761
    rank among US surnames
    3,744
    people in 2010
    1.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.1%
    change since 2000 (was #8,305)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #8,753Westerfield3,74882,376
    #8,756Karcher3,74682,420
    #8,758Avitia3,74582,442
    #8,761Files3,74482,464
    #8,763Henn3,74382,486
    #8,765Sullins3,74182,530
    #8,768Wolfson3,74082,552

    Who is named Files

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    77% of people named Files identified as white (not Hispanic), 17% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 77%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 17%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
    • Two or more races 2.4%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Filess

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • James Files
      American criminal, self-claimed JFK assassin, born 1942

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Files

    Files has the Soundex code F420, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F420.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Files?
    3,744 people in the United States had the surname Files in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 82,464 Americans. It ranked 8,761st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Files?
    In the 2010 Census, 77% of people named Files identified as white (not Hispanic), and 17% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Files?
    James Files, American criminal, self-claimed JFK assassin.
    Where is the surname Files most common?
    Wikidata records people named Files in the United States.
    Is the surname Files getting more or less common?
    More common. 3,668 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,744 in 2010, up 2.1%.