Philison Surname

1,943,350th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 92 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Philison Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Philison Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa761:712,86550,752
Nigeria131:13,626,366237,812
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:12,554,671503,821

Philison (91) may also be a first name.

Philison Last Name Facts

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

Philison is more frequently found in South Africa than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Philison? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,943,350th most frequent last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 79,212,456 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Philison reside; 84 percent reside in Southern Africa and 84 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 998,282nd most frequent first name in the world, borne by 91 people.

The last name is most common in South Africa, where it is held by 76 people, or 1 in 712,865. In South Africa Philison is most frequent in: Mpumalanga, where 72 percent live, KwaZulu-Natal, where 20 percent live and Gauteng, where 5 percent live. Apart from South Africa Philison is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 14 percent live and Kenya, where 1 percent live.

Philison Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Philison has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Philison last name contracted 75 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Philison Last Name Statistics demography

Philison earn somewhat more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 8.27% more than the national average, earning R 257,292 per year.

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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
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  • 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 Philison
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