Phoenix Surname

41,955th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 12,443 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Antigua and Barbuda

Phoenix Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Felix' or an imitative corruption; compare Phillis for Felicia, and banister for baluster.

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Phoenix Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4,6631:77,7318,879
Myanmar1,9831:26,192466
England1,6511:33,7484,459
Canada6171:59,7177,040
Bangladesh3601:442,65811,259
Russia3391:425,14240,569
Australia2851:94,72210,787
Germany2031:396,57936,740
Egypt1831:502,38128,715
India1661:4,620,876119,070
Guyana1651:4,620816
Wales1651:18,7552,014
Cambodia1591:97,4032,369
China911:15,025,512882
Ireland861:54,7553,820
France791:840,79499,796
Japan761:1,682,16225,629
Portugal751:138,9106,177
Northern Ireland731:25,2742,815
South Africa701:773,96753,253
Brazil591:3,628,379101,412
Kazakhstan571:310,21925,916
Jamaica561:51,2492,953
Uzbekistan491:631,20713,568
New Zealand441:102,91613,667
Indonesia431:3,075,563171,061
Latvia431:47,6757,247
Singapore431:128,0865,748
Scotland391:137,2778,372
Antigua and Barbuda381:2,610406
Hong Kong341:215,7503,004
Barbados291:9,912768
Philippines261:3,893,778155,597
Dominican Republic231:453,60614,824
Vietnam231:4,028,0892,356
Thailand201:3,531,917315,217
Netherlands191:888,79962,169
Italy181:3,397,594101,426
Spain161:2,922,00263,384
Belarus141:678,64756,781
Qatar121:196,50026,891
Belgium111:1,045,14978,166
Mexico111:11,284,20041,789
United Arab Emirates111:832,93427,512
Morocco91:3,830,67854,497
Nigeria91:19,682,529291,344
Saudi Arabia91:3,428,42432,607
Ecuador81:1,988,23121,385
Estonia81:165,22626,217
Trinidad and Tobago81:170,4978,814
Iran51:15,356,505213,424
Israel51:1,711,52784,568
Malaysia51:5,898,845196,803
Tanzania51:10,588,32375,430
Algeria41:9,657,88864,782
Finland41:1,374,17650,379
Ghana41:6,755,17315,406
Greece41:2,769,948101,568
Libya41:1,560,9943,087
Madagascar41:5,912,4595,394
Norway41:1,285,57269,185
Pakistan41:44,660,971115,884
Poland41:9,502,187181,606
Saint Kitts and Nevis41:13,800846
Sri Lanka41:5,202,14012,146
United States Virgin Islands41:27,5943,273
Argentina31:14,247,805235,975
Azerbaijan31:3,216,37432,290
Cameroon31:6,923,023143,724
Georgia31:1,248,51528,066
Moldova31:1,187,12348,973
Peru31:10,594,70845,902
Serbia31:2,381,64930,913
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
Switzerland31:2,737,638105,941
Turkey31:25,940,474162,557
Austria21:4,257,71899,224
Bahamas21:195,8761,708
Bosnia and Herzegovina21:1,768,20116,841
Bulgaria21:3,489,45264,958
Chile21:8,808,23765,417
Colombia21:23,887,03632,612
Denmark21:2,822,35876,882
Kenya21:23,089,95083,168
Nepal21:14,240,47817,812
Puerto Rico21:1,775,0706,602
Romania21:10,038,93580,612
Taiwan21:11,722,37363,559
Ukraine21:22,761,348425,733
Venezuela21:15,102,03869,873
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Angola11:26,989,21411,853
Armenia11:2,930,18022,770
Bolivia11:10,616,43417,077
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
British Virgin Islands11:31,5941,029
Brunei11:418,7313,893
Congo11:4,989,09634,171
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Croatia11:4,228,60499,289
Cuba11:11,522,71617,380
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Gibraltar11:33,9541,660
Guatemala11:16,082,66812,169
Honduras11:8,816,4429,272
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Jersey11:99,2026,620
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
North Macedonia11:2,101,47231,546
Maldives11:404,1727,269
Mali11:16,969,0354,067
Mauritius11:1,293,41716,552
Mongolia11:2,825,28917,010
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Rwanda11:11,364,9785,947
Saint Lucia11:178,7813,800
Seychelles11:92,3931,532
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Syria11:19,301,02222,457
Tunisia11:610,62630,336
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland721:61,5264,797
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2801:87,0559,135
Wales751:20,9121,213
Scotland201:187,1617,190
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4481:112,09511,131

Phoenix (3,594) may also be a first name.

Phoenix Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Felix' or an imitative corruption; compare Phillis for Felicia, and banister for baluster.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

(Greek) dweller at the sign of the Phœnix [Latin phœnix, Greek φοΐνιξ]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Probably corrupted from Fenwick, "the fenny dwelling," name of places in cos. Northumberland and York. It is quite possible that the name Spinks may be a corruption of Phœnix.

Ludus Patronymicus (1868) by Richard Stephen Charnock

User-submitted Reference

(French Canadian) This surname comes from Old French fénix.

- alliephenix99

Phoenix Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Phoenix Come From? nationality or country of origin

Phoenix has its highest incidence in The United States. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Phoenix click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Phoenix? popularity and diffusion

The last name Phoenix is the 41,955th most commonly occurring surname at a global level, borne by around 1 in 585,674 people. Phoenix is primarily found in The Americas, where 46 percent of Phoenix are found; 42 percent are found in North America and 41 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 118,025th most commonly occurring first name in the world, borne by 3,594 people.

The surname is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is borne by 4,663 people, or 1 in 77,731. In The United States it is primarily concentrated in: California, where 11 percent are found, Texas, where 10 percent are found and New York, where 10 percent are found. Beside The United States it occurs in 128 countries. It also occurs in Myanmar, where 16 percent are found and England, where 13 percent are found.

Phoenix Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Phoenix has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Phoenix surname grew 1,041 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 590 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it grew 220 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it grew 119 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in Scotland it grew 195 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phoenix Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Phoenix last name is principally Catholic (41%) in Ireland and Orthodox (70%) in Russia.

In The United States Phoenix are 3.36% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 50.13% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Phoenix earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 10.87% more than the national average, earning R 263,472 per year; in United States they earn 5.58% less than the national average, earning $40,742 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.54% less than the national average, earning $47,926 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Phoennix932/
Phoemnix931/
Phenix922,469/
Phonix9266/
Poenix9214/
Phoniex8613/
Phenoix868/
Phoenik868/
Fhoenix864/
Phoenyx864/
Phoenex862/
Phennix861/
Phuenix861/
Phonnix861/
Pheinix860/
Phoenic860/
Phaenix860/
Penix832,310/
Phoennik803/
Phoneixs801/
Phoenick800/
Phonex77220/
Foenix7727/
Fhenix773/
Phanix772/
Poenig772/
Poniex771/
Phênix771/
Peenix771/
Phenex770/
Peanix770/
Phannix7112/
Pheneex710/
Poenick710/
Fenix672,475/
Poenicke67126/
Venix6797/
Fonix6713/
Ponex677/
Panix674/
Penex671/
Penyx670/
Poenicks670/

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