The Philippi surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,184 people carried this name — #21,926 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 250,000 people counted. That is down 3% from 1,223 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Philippi surname
From Latin Philippī, from Ancient Greek Φίλιπποι (Phílippoi).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Philippi» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 304 people named Philippi.
28 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 25 départements, most often Moselle.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
58 people named Philippi live in Switzerland.
They live in 6 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
Who carried it
People named Philippi,
with a public archive behind them.
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Friedrich Philippi 1650–1724 · jurist -
Ernst Christian Philippi 1668–1736 · parson -
Nicolaus Philippi d. 1488 · printer
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Jacobus Philippi 1435–1510 · theologian
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Henri Philippi 1575–1636 · writer
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Johann Philippi 1607–1674 · jurist
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Philippi.
- Phenix 1,043 · U.S. census
- Philbert 570 · U.S. census
- Philibert 548 · U.S. census
- Philip 5,832 · U.S. census
- Philipp 1,760 · U.S. census
- Philippe 2,121 · U.S. census
- Philippon 252 · U.S. census
- Philipps 1,595 · U.S. census
- Philips 6,840 · U.S. census
- Phillips 360,802 · U.S. census
- Philogene 788 · U.S. census
- Phu 2,230 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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