Philips is used as a family name or surname in Nigeria. It is 7 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Philips
No. of characters: 7
Origin: Nigeria
Meaning: See Felip for meaning. The surname Philippe is very present in Brittany (22), but we find it a bit throughout France. The shape Philip found mostly in Provence. As to Philips, present in the North, they carry a final s of filiation Flemish or Dutch origin. Varientes: Philipe (21), Philipp, Philipps (Alsace-Lorraine), Phlips (59).

How popular is Philips?

Philips is common in Nigeria.

Philips is ranked 6517 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Philips bearers increased by 1.649576 per cent in 2010 US census to 6840 since 2000, the surname slipped by 322 spots and ranked at 5118. The last name was found in around 23 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 73.73 74.71
Black 16.1 17.48
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 4.55 3.06
Hispanic or Latino 2.69 2.05
Others 2.16 2.05
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.77 0.65
Philips is quite popular family name mostly used in Nigeria while Liberia is ahead in terms of density. Around 83472 people have been found who wears Philips as their family name. Philips is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
361 Monaco8
5,010 Nicaragua7
6,235 Costa Rica7
4,921 Uganda5
59,967 Moldova4
2,403 Vietnam4
2,966 Benin4
1,295 Papua New Guinea4
35,789 Turkey3
3,224 Afghanistan3
4,096 Dominican Republic3
2,754 Namibia3
4,899 Ivory Coast3
14,078 Japan3
5,318 Iraq2
37,372 Georgia2
787 Andorra2
11,224 Cameroon2
3,478 Haiti2
23,344 Austria2
8,657 Lebanon2
473 Anguilla2
3,014 Taiwan2
9,272 Ecuador2
5,726 Puerto Rico2
6,149 Ethiopia1
174,544 Czech Republic1
7,340 Democratic Republic of The Congo1
31,584 Peru1
7,198 Maldives1
7,941 Guatemala1
2,037 Cayman Islands1
1,254 Gibraltar1
1,970 Grenada1
4,249 Cambodia1
971 Seychelles1
3,071 Jersey1
9,591 Panama1
2,078 Lesotho1
12,745 Luxembourg1
3,275 Nepal1
1,572 Macau1
24,421 Slovakia1
1,005 The Gambia1
1,818 Guernsey1
29,595 Iran1
24,460 Armenia1
7,790 Zambia1
3,952 Yemen1
7,847 Albania1
14,644 Tunisia1
846 American Samoa1
2,935 Madagascar1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
59,023 Tanzania49
3,004 Bahrain49
2,210 Thailand48
672 Barbados47
3,714 Trinidad and Tobago35
17,489 Denmark30
1,605 China29
11,444 Portugal28
3,104 Guyana28
4,169 Cyprus26
43,584 Zimbabwe24
28,338 Norway20
886 United States Virgin Islands18
2,892 Iceland13
72,915 Belarus11
5,118 Senegal11
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
11,321 Israel94
12,684 Switzerland90
7,068 Lithuania90
10,596 Colombia87
2,858 Hong Kong83
9,526 Croatia78
3,193 Estonia77
12,704 Sweden73
12,007 Chile72
3,129 Northern Ireland60
40,284 Spain53
84,218 Ukraine52
Countries with hundreds of Philips:
2,882 Malaysia885
3,589 Australia850
5,181 Canada849
11,013 France833
7,382 Kenya706
19,725 Brazil652
21,418 Philippines644
1,853 United Arab Emirates573
6,803 Saudi Arabia500
1,232 Oman433
15,860 Poland382
2,347 Scotland295
1,091 Jamaica286
39,742 Indonesia246
1,548 Kuwait244
3,434 Bolivia195
1,344 Mauritius182
28,748 Argentina179
2,156 Singapore177
4,418 New Zealand173
2,634 Ireland164
48,322 Italy157
2,662 Wales147
90,932 Russia133
23,602 Mexico131
15,938 Greece123
4,793 Bulgaria117
2,116 Qatar117
Countries with thousands of Philips:
5,092 United States7,775
2,175 England3,678
313 Belgium3,125
1,111 Ghana3,115
19,570 India2,148
309 Liberia2,066
486 Togo2,057
1,415 Sri Lanka1,891
3,655 Pakistan1,886
1,244 Netherlands1,701
3,905 South Africa1,680
4,307 Egypt1,634
6,699 Germany1,412
Countries with ten thousands of Philips:
698 Nigeria37,445
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Workman Thomas Philips from Great Britain aboard the Yorkshire from Liverpool during the Irish famine. He is registered to be 70 years old when he arrived in USA on April 2, 1846. 31 years old Patk. Philips, Ellen Philips (16) Spinster, John Philips (21) Immigrant, Michael Philips (64) Shop Keeper, John Philips (21) Workman, Mary Philips, aged 22, Maid Catherine Philips, Rose Philips, aged 26, and 85 other Philips around 38.1% of whom were workman while others worked as spinster and servant, farmer, shoemaker, mechanic migrated to US.

Comments

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Ashli Braden
Philips is the Alsace and Lorraine philippe form (with the genitive s fort, marking the descent), that is to say, son of Philippe, parent name became surname -also English form of philippe is a surname of male gender the origin of the name is Greek his feast is celebrated on 3/26 May / June 6/19/22 October / 18 November its etymology comes from philein: love and hippos: horse = one who loves horses.

Philips Namesakes

  • Ambrose Philips, Poet
  • Bilal Philips, Teacher
  • Dirk Philips, Writer
  • Anette Philipsson, Olympic athlete
  • Anya Philips, Musical Artist
  • John Finis Philips, U.S. representative
  • Bilal Philips, Teacher
  • Lee Philips, Actor
  • Sir George Philips, 1st Baronet, Politician
  • Zack Philips, Ice hockey centre

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