Phelister Surname

5,213,395th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 14 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Phelister Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Phelister Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya131:3,552,30039,474
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Phelister (1,483) may also be a first name.

Phelister Last Name Facts

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

The surname Phelister is borne by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. For other potential spellings of Phelister click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Phelister? popularity and diffusion

The last name Phelister is the 5,213,395th most frequently used surname at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 520,538,994 people. The surname Phelister occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Phelister live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 93 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Phelister is also the 202,014th most widespread forename world-wide It is held by 1,483 people.

The last name Phelister is most commonly used in Kenya, where it is carried by 13 people, or 1 in 3,552,300. In Kenya Phelister is most frequent in: Kajiado County, where 69 percent live and Kisii County, where 31 percent live. Beside Kenya it exists in one country. It is also common in Uganda, where 7 percent live.

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Phelister
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