Phylister Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Phylister Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Phylister Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya81:5,772,48850,256

Phylister (30) may also be a first name.

Phylister Last Name Facts

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

Phylister is held by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Phylister? popularity and diffusion

Phylister is the 6,723,624th most widely held surname at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. The surname Phylister is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Phylister are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 75 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Phylister is also the 1,911,214th most widely held first name world-wide, borne by 30 people.

The surname is most commonly held in Kenya, where it is borne by 8 people, or 1 in 5,772,488. In Kenya it is most common in: Kakamega County, where 50 percent are found, Busia County, where 13 percent are found and Homa Bay County, where 13 percent are found.

Phylister Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Phylister surname is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.

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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 Phylister
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