Philocles Surname

953,750th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 274 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Haiti
Highest density in:
Haiti

Philocles Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Philocles Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Haiti1581:67,6203,740
France961:691,90387,871
United States161:22,653,683662,747
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
England11:55,718,059489,080
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002

The alternate forms: Philoclès (2) are calculated separately.

Philocles (598) may also be a first name.

Philocles Last Name Facts

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

The last name Philocles is found in Haiti more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as: Philoclès. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Philocles? popularity and diffusion

The last name Philocles is the 953,750th most frequently used last name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 26,596,883 people. It is mostly found in The Americas, where 76 percent of Philocles are found; 69 percent are found in Caribbean and 69 percent are found in Gallo-Caribbean. Philocles is also the 341,904th most frequent first name world-wide, held by 598 people.

The last name Philocles is most widespread in Haiti, where it is borne by 158 people, or 1 in 67,620. In Haiti Philocles is mostly found in: Nord, where 66 percent live, Ouest, where 30 percent live and Artibonite, where 3 percent live. Beside Haiti this last name exists in 5 countries. It is also common in France, where 35 percent live and The United States, where 6 percent live.

Philocles Last Name Statistics demography

Philocles earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 24.43% less than the national average, earning $32,607 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Philoclès962/
Phillocles951/
Philoclese951/
Filocles825/
Pilacle751/
Filoclesse744/
Pilocelli6723/
Filauclese631/
Peloslis591/
Pilacelli5614/

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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 Philocles
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