The file Surname

file Name Meaning and History

Americanized spelling of German Feil or Pfeil.
Hungarian: variant of Füle, pet form of the personal name Fülöp, Hungarian form of Philip.
Translation of French Lalime.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4

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file Family Facts

Distribution of file Families in the US in 1920

Number of file families

43-83

15-42

1-14

Compiled by Ancestry.co.uk from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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Threads: 38 - Messages: 152

Thread	Author	Replies
John E. Trushel	Heather	2
Thomas FILE - b. 1860 - Bond, Illinois	Heidi Harvey-Livengood	22
Malchi File (1792-1876) & their descendants	gerryclements1	0
Death Notice	plendsk	0
SARAH C. FILES	lincolnplace	2
C.A.File	KarenTravis62	1
John J. & Ellen FIle of Rensselaer County, NY	joanhowe	0
File family Kent	thejohansens	7
File family in Kent,England	Ryan	4
File Photos	floyd187	2

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