Philistin Surname

52,189th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9,814 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Haiti
Highest density in:
Haiti

Philistin Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Philistin Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Haiti9,2731:1,152183
United States2471:1,467,445100,382
Brazil941:2,277,38770,617
Dominican Republic771:135,4935,426
Canada501:736,91258,785
France411:1,620,066149,911
Australia141:1,928,26488,951
England61:9,286,343223,652
Slovakia31:1,778,817104,392
Denmark21:2,822,35876,882
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Central African Republic11:4,515,3901,196
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459

Philistin (2,056) may also be a first name.

Philistin Last Name Facts

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

The surname Philistin is more frequently found in Haiti than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Philistin? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 52,189th most frequently used surname on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 742,566 people. The last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 99 percent of Philistin live; 95 percent live in Caribbean and 95 percent live in Gallo-Caribbean. It is also the 166,310th most commonly used first name worldwide, held by 2,056 people.

The last name is most prevalent in Haiti, where it is borne by 9,273 people, or 1 in 1,152. In Haiti Philistin is most prevalent in: Artibonite, where 25 percent are found, Ouest, where 20 percent are found and Nord, where 19 percent are found. Outside of Haiti Philistin exists in 16 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 3 percent are found and Brazil, where 1 percent are found.

Philistin Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Philistin last name are 28.35% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 81.58% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Philistin earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 6.51% less than the national average, earning $40,340 USD per year and in Canada they earn 21.44% less than the national average, earning $39,032 CAD 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
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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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 Philistin
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