Philiman Surname

4,532,898th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 19 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Philiman Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Philiman Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria181:9,841,264197,192
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885

Philiman (502) may also be a first name.

Philiman Last Name Facts

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

Philiman occurs most in Nigeria. It can also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Philiman? popularity and diffusion

It is the 4,532,898th most commonly occurring last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 383,555,048 people. Philiman occurs predominantly in Africa, where 95 percent of Philiman are found; 95 percent are found in West Africa and 95 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Philiman is also the 378,365th most frequent given name at a global level, held by 502 people.

This last name is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 18 people, or 1 in 9,841,264. In Nigeria Philiman is most prevalent in: Adamawa, where 67 percent live, Federal Capital Territory, where 28 percent live and Nasarawa, where 6 percent live. Not including Nigeria Philiman is found in one country. It is also found in Malaysia, where 5 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 Philiman
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