The PHILLIP surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
	Total	Rank	Frequency %	Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot)	5,994	5351	0.002	22
United States (1880 census)	2,900	2096	0.006	58
Change since 1880	+3094	-3255	-0.004	-36
Other Countries
Australia	91	15489	0.001	6
United Kingdom	780	6383	0.002	17

Top States for PHILLIP by Total
State	Total	Rank in State	Frequency %	Per million people
New York	1,143	1672	0.006	60
Florida	554	3879	0.003	35
Texas	466	4762	0.002	22
California	326	8626	0.001	10
New Jersey	299	3393	0.004	36
Top States for PHILLIP by Frequency
State	Total	Rank in State	Frequency %	Per million people
Alaska	110	740	0.018	175
New York	1,143	1672	0.006	60
Rhode Island	44	3830	0.004	42
Louisiana	172	3457	0.004	38
Washington DC	22	2841	0.004	38

Notes

Total is the total number of people with that surname.
Rank is the position in the list of names ordered by total (eg, a rank of 1 means that it's the most common name, and a rank of 10 means it's the tenth most common, etc).
Frequency is the percentage of people with that surname.
Per million people is the number of people with that surname per million of the population.

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called PHILLIP live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called PHILLIP represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called PHILLIP in New York than any other state, but you are more likely to find a PHILLIP by picking someone at random in Alaska than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of PHILLIP

Region of origin: British Isles

Country of origin: England

Language of origin: English

Ethnic origin: English

Religious origin: Christian

Name derivation: From given name or forename

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the PHILLIP surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the language spoken, or religion practised, by the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Data for ethnic origin relates to the region and country in which the PHILLIP surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the ethnicity of the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of PHILLIP in the USA

Classification	Total	Percent
Mixed Race	252	4.2
Native American/Alaskan	196	3.27
Asian/Pacific	191	3.19
White (Hispanic)	133	2.22
Black/African American	3,103	51.77
White (Caucasian)	2,119	35.35

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the PHILLIP surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Similar names to PHILLIP

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as PHILLIP.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.