Philiemon Surname

5,391,485th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Philiemon Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Philiemon Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria111:16,103,887259,204
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716

Philiemon (48) may also be a first name.

Philiemon Last Name Facts

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

The last name Philiemon is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. For other potential spellings of Philiemon click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Philiemon? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 5,391,485th most frequently used surname globally, borne by around 1 in 560,580,455 people. Philiemon occurs mostly in Africa, where 92 percent of Philiemon live; 85 percent live in West Africa and 85 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,448,253rd most commonly occurring first name internationally. It is borne by 48 people.

Philiemon is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 11 people, or 1 in 16,103,887. In Nigeria Philiemon is most frequent in: Kaduna, where 73 percent are found, Adamawa, where 9 percent are found and Lagos, where 9 percent are found. Besides Nigeria this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 8 percent are found and Tanzania, where 8 percent are found.

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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 Philiemon
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