Philomenia Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Philomenia Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Philomenia 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
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Philomenia (201) may also be a first name.

Philomenia Last Name Facts

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

The last name Philomenia is more commonly found in Brazil than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Philomenia? popularity and diffusion

Philomenia is the 8,968,613th most widespread family name globally, borne by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 50 percent of Philomenia reside; 25 percent reside in Central Africa and 25 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Philomenia is also the 639,077th most frequently held first name worldwide, borne by 201 people.

The surname Philomenia is most frequently held in Brazil, where it is held by 1 people, or 1 in 214,074,332. In Brazil it is most numerous in: Pernambuco, where 100 percent reside. Other than Brazil Philomenia is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 25 percent reside and Nigeria, where 25 percent reside.

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
Philominia901/
Filomenia842/
Filomenio741/
Pelamonia631,153/
Filuminia6313/
Felomenio636/
Feliusmenia571/
Vilamanya5342/
Felamonia532/
Felominio531/

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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 Philomenia
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