Philomela Surname
Approximately 15 people bear this surname
Philomela Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 14 | 1:9,446,371 | 356,066 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Philomela (58) may also be a first name.
Philomela Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Philomela Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Philomela is more commonly found in Indonesia than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Philomela? popularity and diffusion
It is the 5,057,639th most widely held family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 485,836,394 people. The surname is mostly found in Asia, where 93 percent of Philomela reside; 93 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 93 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Philomela is also the 1,295,729th most prevalent first name world-wide, borne by 58 people.
The surname Philomela is most frequently held in Indonesia, where it is carried by 14 people, or 1 in 9,446,371. In Indonesia it is most common in: West Java, where 100 percent live. Barring Indonesia this last name exists in one country. It is also common in Kenya, where 7 percent live.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Philomela
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