Explore the Family Name Filiault

The meaning of Filiault

French: variant of Filiau (and, in North America, an altered form of this), itself probably a variant of Filion ‘little boy’. The surnames Filiault and Filiau are no longer found in France. Compare Filyaw. Some characteristic forenames: French Alain, Armand, Donat, Normand, Origene.

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How common is the last name Filiault in the United States?

The surname Filiault has experienced a slight increase in popularity, according to data from the Decennial U.S. Census. In 2000, it ranked 71,143rd in popularity and increased to the 69,996th rank by 2010, representing a 1.61% climb. The count of people with this surname also rose from 256 in 2000 to 280 in 2010, an increase of 9.38%. Despite these changes, the proportion of people with this surname per 100,000 individuals remained steady at 0.09.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#71,143	#69,996	1.61%
Count	256	280	9.38%
Proportion per 100k	0.09	0.09	0%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Filiault

In regards to ethnic identity, the majority of individuals bearing the surname Filiault identified as White, with 93.36% doing so in 2000 and 93.21% in 2010, showing a subtle decrease of 0.16%, as per data from the Decennial U.S. Census. There was a notable change in the percentage of those who identified as part of two or more races, which dropped significantly from 3.52% in 2000 to 1.79% in 2010, a decrease of 49.15%. In 2010, there was a new emergence of individuals identifying as Hispanic at 4.29%, which was not recorded in 2000. The percentages for Asian/Pacific Islander, Black, and American Indian and Alaskan Native populations either remained at zero or were suppressed for privacy reasons.

	2000	2010	Change
White	93.36%	93.21%	-0.16%
Hispanic	0%	4.29%	0%
Two or More Races	3.52%	1.79%	-49.15%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%