The surname Filson
A patronymic surname, carried by 1,379 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex F425
Origin
From Phil, a diminutive of Philip + -son.
Filson is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 1,379 people named Filson in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 223,891 Americans. That is up 5.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,308.
Who is named Filson
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
90% of people named Filson identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.9% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- White (not Hispanic) 90%
- Black (not Hispanic) 3.9%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
- Two or more races 2.0%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Filson has the Soundex code F425, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F425.
Questions
- Where does the surname Filson come from?
- From Phil, a diminutive of Philip + -son.
- How common is the surname Filson?
- 1,379 people in the United States had the surname Filson in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 223,891 Americans. It ranked 19,567th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Filson?
- In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Filson identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.9% as Black (not Hispanic).
- What type of surname is Filson?
- Filson is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
- Is the surname Filson getting more or less common?
- More common. 1,308 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,379 in 2010, up 5.4%.
- Is Filson also a first name?
- Yes. Filson is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.