Philipson is used as a family name or surname in many languages. It is 9 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Philipson
No. of characters: 9
Origin: Unknown
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Philipson

How popular is Philipson?

Philipson is ranked 118507 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Philipsons plummeted by 2.910603 per cent to 467 since 2000 and slipped by 3303 spots and ranked at 45740. The last name was found in around 2 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 94.43 96.88
Hispanic or Latino 3.43 1.46
Others 1.07 1.25
Philipson is not so popular last name but still a prevalent surname concentrated mainly in Sweden which may be its originating country too. Around 3395 people have been found who wears Philipson as their family name. Philipson is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
82,942 Zimbabwe8
720,003 Russia4
9,097 Wales3
65,594 Belgium2
9,185 Hong Kong2
89,020 Tanzania2
10,284 Kuwait2
40,256 Mexico2
151,601 Spain1
30,360 Thailand1
8,268 Mauritius1
53,033 Nigeria1
15,162 Costa Rica1
17,236 Ghana1
81,201 Switzerland1
5,589 Sudan1
36,678 Singapore1
11,486 Estonia1
50,307 Saudi Arabia1
8,828 Puerto Rico1
83,428 United Arab Emirates1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
20,103 Norway33
422,002 India20
78,557 Netherlands13
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
6,953 Scotland72
14,658 Israel71
46,183 Canada68
10,487 New Zealand64
104,075 Brazil64
133,875 France61
Countries with hundreds of Philipson:
1,333 Sweden754
9,311 England699
41,143 United States673
8,291 Australia342
35,546 South Africa146
4,206 Denmark143
71,225 Germany134
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Mary Philipson worked as maid and hailed from Ireland. During the great famine, 26 years old embarked for USA from Liverpool on Queen Of The West and arrived on August 15, 1850.

Comments

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Davida Landwehr
Philipson is the English form of philippe, Christian name and surname, representing a Greek name philippos, that is to say who loves horses philippe is a name masculine origin of the name is Greek her 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.

Philipson Namesakes

  • Hylton Philipson, Cricket Player
  • Ilene J. Philipson, Author
  • Lorrin Philipson, Author
  • Mabel Philipson, British Politician

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