Phillps Surname

444,963rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 767 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Guernsey

Phillps Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Phillps Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States6091:595,17148,535
England321:1,741,18971,393
Nigeria221:8,051,944174,166
Australia201:1,349,78570,688
Venezuela191:1,589,68820,788
South Africa171:3,186,924115,449
Wales131:238,04114,239
Canada131:2,834,276161,175
Brazil41:53,518,583632,670
Scotland31:1,784,60641,943
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
Trinidad and Tobago21:681,98817,017
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Barbados11:287,4482,772
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Guernsey11:64,4392,137
Grenada11:108,5351,793
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England311:786,30235,304
Wales151:104,5614,503
Scotland21:1,871,60827,884
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States941:534,24137,003

Phillps (45) may also be a first name.

Phillps Last Name Facts

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

The last name Phillps is carried by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It may appear as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Phillps? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 444,963rd most commonly used surname worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 9,501,364 people. The surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 85 percent of Phillps live; 81 percent live in North America and 81 percent live in Anglo-North America. Phillps is also the 1,504,468th most commonly held first name in the world, held by 45 people.

The surname Phillps is most frequent in The United States, where it is carried by 609 people, or 1 in 595,171. In The United States Phillps is most numerous in: Florida, where 9 percent live, California, where 8 percent live and Texas, where 8 percent live. Excluding The United States it is found in 22 countries. It is also common in England, where 4 percent live and Nigeria, where 3 percent live.

Phillps Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Phillps has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name grew 648 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 103 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it contracted 13 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it grew 150 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it grew 200 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Phillps Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the surname is primarily Anglican (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Phillps last name are 19.58% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 66.35% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Phillps earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 84.44% more than the national average, earning R 438,288 per year; in United States they earn 6.23% less than the national average, earning $40,459 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.53% more than the national average, earning $49,947 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Phillphs936/
Phillhps931/
Phillpps930/
Philps921,022/
Phillp92491/
Phillhphs881/
Phellps8615/
Philpps8612/
Philphs867/
Phillpe863/
Philhps863/
Phillph862/
Philllp861/
Phielps861/
Phillhp860/
Phillpp860/
Pilleps860/
Philp8311,601/
Phllp831/
Phlps831/
Phillppe805/
Philllpe801/
Phelps7781,174/
Phleps77126/
Philph7749/
Phulps7741/
Pillep7735/
Philpp775/
Philpe774/
Philhp772/
Fillps772/
Pheilp771/
Phellp770/
Phelphs7179/
Philppe7131/
Phelpps712/
Vphelps711/
Phelhps711/
Phealps711/
Phelpse710/
Philphe710/
Phelp6790/
Filps675/
Phlep674/
Philb673/
D'Phelps671/
Pilleppe671/
Phphelps671/
Philhppe671/
Pulps671/
Pilvs671/
Pleps670/

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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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  • 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 Phillps
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