Philomène Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

Philomène Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Philomène Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Cameroon21:10,384,534165,830
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Togo11:7,247,76812,049
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

The alternate forms: Philomene (6,455) & Philoméne (1) are calculated separately.

Philomène (4,301) may also be a first name.

Philomène Last Name Facts

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

The surname Philomène (Marathi: िफलोमेनी) is held by more people in Belgium than any other country/territory. It may be found as: Philomene or Philoméne. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Philomène? popularity and diffusion

Philomène is the 7,117,718th most commonly occurring last name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 57 percent of Philomène live; 29 percent live in Central Africa and 29 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 105,486th most frequently used first name worldwide, held by 4,301 people.

This last name is most frequently held in Belgium, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 5,748,322. In Belgium Philomène is primarily found in: Flemish Region, where 50 percent reside and Walloon Region, where 50 percent reside. Without taking into account Belgium this last name exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 29 percent reside and The Ivory Coast, where 14 percent reside.

Philomène Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Philomène has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Philomène surname contracted 50 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

Philomène Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Philomène in the Marathi language
िफलोमेनीiphalomeni50
िफलोमीनाiphalomina50

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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 Philomène
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