Philisi Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Philisi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Lesotho | 1 | 1:2,032,558 | 23,402 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Philisi (170) may also be a first name.
Philisi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Philisi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Philisi is found most frequently in South Africa. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Philisi.
How Common Is The Last Name Philisi? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 8,968,613th most frequent last name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The last name Philisi occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Philisi live; 75 percent live in Southern Africa and 75 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 701,320th most commonly occurring first name throughout the world, held by 170 people.
Philisi is most common in South Africa, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 27,088,852. Excluding South Africa Philisi is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Lesotho, where 25 percent live and Tanzania, where 25 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
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 Philisi
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis