Filip: Last Name and Heraldic Notes

Spellings drift, and Filip is where Filipek drifted for some families. In origin, the name means “little Filip”. Before spelling was fixed, Filipek was also written Filip. Census takers and immigration officers often wrote what they heard. You may also find the name written Filipiak and Filipowski.

In Spain, the INE population register lists 1,358 people with Filip as their first surname and 234 as their second. 178 people born in France between 1891 and 2000 carried the Filip name at birth. Names that sound alike, such as Filippi and Filippo, are easily confused in old records.

Arms linked to Filipek and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to. Get the complete Filip report, with a museum-style coat of arms.