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 surname Phillps is borne by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Phillps? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 444,963rd most common last name globally, borne by around 1 in 9,501,364 people. The last name is primarily found in The Americas, where 85 percent of Phillps are found; 81 percent are found in North America and 81 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Phillps is also the 1,504,468th most numerous first name worldwide, borne by 45 people.

This surname is most frequently used in The United States, where it is carried by 609 people, or 1 in 595,171. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: Florida, where 9 percent reside, California, where 8 percent reside and Texas, where 8 percent reside. Not including The United States this last name exists in 22 countries. It also occurs in England, where 4 percent reside and Nigeria, where 3 percent reside.

Phillps Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Phillps has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname rose 648 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 103 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it decreased 13 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it rose 150 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it rose 200 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Phillps Last Name Statistics demography

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

In The United States Phillps are 19.58% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 66.35% being registered with the 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
  • 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 Phillps
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