Fila

surname · Latin script

Meaning, in English: plural of filum

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

/ˈfaɪɫə/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Fila is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Congo - Kinshasa than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • PLPoland1 in 11K(measured from records)
  • CDCongo - Kinshasa≈1 in 15K
  • CZCzechia1 in 19K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Congo - Kinshasa (inferred from the name graph)

≈6,600 people, est.

Sources
73 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 11K (inferred from the name graph)

Poland

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

third-person singular past historic of filer

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

How Fila is read(measured from records)

Fila is one spelling over 5 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 3 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.

  • English40%

    plural of filum

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • French14%

    third-person singular past historic of filer

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • Polish12%

    No dictionary in our sources glosses Fila in Polish.

  • Spanish7.6%

    No dictionary in our sources glosses Fila in Spanish.

  • Portuguese5.5%

    line, row, series

    as a wordA Frequency Dictionary of Portuguese

The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Fila counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Fila is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
CD Congo - Kinshasa≈6,600 est.≈1 in 15K—Fila4
PL Poland3,3791 in 11K1.7KFila73
BR Brazil7501 in 282K750—1
CZ Czechia5621 in 19K562Fila39
US United States5161 in 645K544Fila52
SK Slovakia1191 in 46K119Fila16
XK Kosovo≈33 est.≈1 in 58K24——

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames); IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname); MVČR — living population register 2017; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; JÚĽŠ SAV — Databáza priezvisk na Slovensku (surname database, 1995 census); ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Fila is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English surname13 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Germany, United Kingdom, Australia

    Languages: English, German, Dutch

    Also written Fíla, Fiļa, Fïlä, Fīla, Filã

  • Spanish surname7 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Panama, Argentina, Brazil, United States

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Phila, Filà, Fíla

  • Indonesian surname5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Indonesia, Malaysia, United States

    Languages: Indonesian, Malay

    Also written 'Fila, Fi'La

  • Croatian surname19 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Croatia, Bulgaria, Serbia, United States

    Languages: Croatian, Bulgarian, Serbian

    Also written Фила, Filla, Phila, Fíla

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Fíla

38 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Fila is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • badness

    as a nameWhats in a name = Unaitwaje a Swahili book of names

  • In lua, to accompany, go along with, attend, bring one on the way, come with, conduct, escort.

    as a wordGrammar and Dictionary of the Buluba-Lulua Language

  • In mrn, thunder clap from a nearby lightning bolt, making a loud, sharp bang

    as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

1850190019502000Jan Fila, b. 1862Rudolf Fila, b. 1932Marek Fila, b. 1959Lukáš Fila, b. 1980Kamil Fila, b. 1980Jan Fila, b. 1982Bernhard Fila, b. 1997Karol Fila, b. 1998

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalDear Ms Fila,
InformalHi Fila,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 47 sources across 25 countries.

Official registers attesting Fila
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames)20261.7K—
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names)—1.7K#1,663
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames)20261.7K—
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names)—1.7K#1,654
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)—750#11,886
CZ CzechiaMVČR — living population register 2017—562#2,672
CZ Czechianaše jména — 2016 MVČR snapshot—559#1,647
CZ CzechiaKdeJsme.cz — četnost jmen a příjmení (MVČR population register front-end)—559#2,559
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020544#42,858
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000520#39,756
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010516#42,094
SK SlovakiaJÚĽŠ SAV — Databáza priezvisk na Slovensku (surname database, 1995 census)1995119—

Reference works 6

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

Where does the name Fila come from?
third-person singular past historic of filer Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
How do you pronounce Fila?
A machine transcription gives /ˈfaɪɫə/ (IPA) for English.
What does the name Fila mean?
In English, plural of filum
In which country does Fila have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 6.6 thousand people named Fila in Congo - Kinshasa, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled fila.
Where is Fila most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Fila is densest in Poland — about 1 in 11 thousand people — even though Congo - Kinshasa holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Fila?
In Poland, the national register counted 3,379 people named Fila in 2026, about 1 in 11 thousand residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Fila”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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