Philomena Surname

566,665th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 558 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Solomon Islands

Philomena Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Philomena Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria2501:708,57132,605
DR Congo961:769,57954,223
India641:11,985,397216,293
Brazil391:5,489,085137,424
Kenya261:1,776,15035,982
Cameroon251:830,76357,125
Malaysia221:1,340,64757,034
Papua New Guinea91:905,96994,851
Solomon Islands81:72,50414,153
Indonesia81:16,531,149488,268
Liberia51:881,70733,815
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
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PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States81:6,277,336262,771

Philomena (88,280) may also be a first name.

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Philomena Demographics

Philomena Religious Adherence
in Ireland

Sample size: 1 (1901)

Religious Adherence
in Ireland

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Philomena Last Name Facts

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

The surname Philomena (Hindi: फिलोमीना, Marathi: िफलोमीना, Oriya: ଫିେଲାମିନା) occurs most in Nigeria. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Philomena? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 566,665th most commonly used last name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 13,060,118 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 72 percent of Philomena live; 46 percent live in West Africa and 45 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 11,375th most widespread forename on earth, held by 88,280 people.

The surname Philomena is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 250 people, or 1 in 708,571. In Nigeria Philomena is most numerous in: Bauchi, where 16 percent live, Enugu, where 16 percent live and Edo, where 10 percent live. Without taking into account Nigeria it is found in 16 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 17 percent live and India, where 11 percent live.

Philomena Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Philomena surname is chiefly Catholic (100%) in Ireland and Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Philomeena955/
Philomenah953/
Philiomena951/
Pilomena9446/
Philomene896,455/
Philomina891,081/
Philomeno89263/
Phelomena8910/
Pilomeena893/
Philomona892/
Pailomena891/
Philomenh891/
Philomeni891/
Philomana891/
Fhilomena891/
Philumena891/
Philamena890/
Philominah846/
Phillomina846/
Philiomina841/
Phelomenah841/
Filomena825,252/
Pelomena8236/
Pilomeno8236/
Pulomena8227/
Pilomina8211/
Vilomena825/
Phelomina7817/
Phelomeno787/
Philomène787/
Fhilomeno786/
Philemona786/
Fhilomina785/
Philomine783/
Filosmena782/
Filomeena781/
Fhelomena781/
Philemina781/
Peilomene781/
Phylomina781/
Pelomenas781/
Philoméne781/
Philameno781/
Phylomene781/
Philamene781/
Philominer741/
Philomaine741/
Filomeno719,672/
Filomeni71297/
Filomina71266/
Filomene71130/
Pulomana7154/
Felomena7145/
Velomena7115/
Pelomina7114/
Filoména7111/
Pulamena718/
Pilomino716/
Filamena716/
Vilumena715/
Pulomina714/
Vilomina713/
Filomana712/
Pilamina711/
Pelomana711/
Pilomine711/
Pelomeno711/
Pilomini711/
Fulomena711/
Pilumeni711/
Pielamina6732/
Filomenes675/
Pelomenos674/
Filomenos674/
Filomenez673/
Philamine672/
Filiomeni672/
Pilaminga671/
Vilemenay671/
Pilominos671/
Felomeena671/
Filomenio671/
Pulameina671/
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Philomena Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Philomena in the Oriya language
ଫିେଲାମିନାphielamina-
Philomena in the Marathi language
िफलोमीनाiphalomina58.45
िफलोमेनाiphalomena20.09
फीलोमीनाphilomina4.57
फेलोमीनाphelomina4.57
फीलोमेनाphilomena2.28
फलोिमनाphaloimana0.91
फोलोमेनाpholomena0.46
िफलोमेनाासiphalomenaasa0.46
फलोमीनाphalomina0.46
फुलोमीनाphulomina0.46
िफलोमीनiphalomina0.46
फीलीमेनाphilimena0.46
फोलोमीनाpholomina0.46
पलुयोमेनाpaluyomena0.46
फीलोिमनाphiloimana0.46
िफलीमेनाiphalimena0.46
फीलमीनphilamina0.46
फेलोिमनाpheloimana0.46
िफलीमेनलiphalimenala0.46
फीकोमीनाphikomina0.46
फेलोमेनाphelomena0.46
िफलोमेनiphalomena0.46
िकलोमेनाikalomena0.46
िफळोमेनाiphalomena0.46
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Philomena in the Hindi language
फिलोमीनाphilomina33.33
फिलोमिनाphilomina33.33
फलोमीनाphalomina16.67
फेलोमिनाphelomina16.67

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