Filan

English

Etymology

Two main origins:

• Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Fialáin (“descendant of Fialán”), a personal name derived from a diminutive of fial (“generous”).
• Borrowed from Polish Filan, a derivative of Fila.

Proper noun

Filan (plural Filans)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Filan is the 74375^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 260 individuals. Filan is most common among White (90.38%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Filan”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 573.