Phillipson is used as a family name or surname in England. It is 10 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Phillipson
No. of characters: 10
Origin: England
Meaning:

The variation of Philipson. The son of Philip. The Philipsons of Thirlwall, county of Northumberland, were a younger branch of the family of Thirlwall, descended from Philip Thirlwall. Slogans of the N. of England.

The son of Philip. The Philipsons of Thirlwall, county of Northumberland, were a younger branch of the family of Thirlwall, descended from Philip Thirlwall. Slogans of the N. of England.

How popular is Phillipson?

Phillipson is common in England, United States, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Canada.

Phillipson is ranked 94971 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Phillipsons grew by 10.68 per cent to 819 since 2000 and ranked 28998 after elevating 934 spots. The last name was found in around 3 per million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 91.7 91.49
Phillipson is quite popular family name mostly used in England however Bermuda is ahead in terms of density. Around 5013 people have been found who wears Phillipson as their family name. Phillipson is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with thousands of Phillipson:
3,162 England2,461
29,170 United States1,133
Countries with hundreds of Phillipson:
15,826 South Africa396
9,152 Australia344
4,275 New Zealand185
19,574 Canada184
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
29,701 Netherlands76
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
152,033 France40
10,357 Scotland28
4,369 Jamaica26
10,403 Wales21
375,884 Thailand13
18,211 Singapore13
213,815 Germany13
30,183 Denmark12
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
78,460 Zimbabwe10
75,466 Israel6

Immigrants to US

From Germany

33 years old doctor of medicine Abraham Phillipson who was residing in Brunswick migrated to USA on August 28, 1850 by Elsinore put out from Amsterdam. Laborer C. Phillipson, Laborer A.R. Phillipson, Laborer F. Phillipson, Merchant Richard Phillipson, are other Phillipson that migrated to US from Liverpool, London and Hamburg & Havre.

Phillipson Namesakes

  • Robert Phillipson, is Research Professor at Copenhagen Business School's Department of English
  • Eddie Phillipson, English first-class cricketer

Phillipson Namesakes

  • Robert Phillipson, is Research Professor at Copenhagen Business School's Department of English
  • Eddie Phillipson, English first-class cricketer

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