The Phillips surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 351,848 people carried this name — #47 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 767 people counted.
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In Switzerland’s population statistics
172 people named Phillips live in Switzerland.
They live in 14 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 153 people named Phillips.
Most of them — 103 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 19 départements, most often Paris.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Poland’s population register
79 people named Phillips have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 230 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 14 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Greater Poland.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 28 people named Phillips live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Brussels-Capital.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Phillips in American newspapers,
1844–1924.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 1,830,202 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Phillips,
with a public archive behind them.
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Frank Phillips politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Phillips.
- Philipp 1,741 · U.S. census
- Philippe 1,239 · U.S. census
- Philippi 1,223 · U.S. census
- Philippon 239 · U.S. census
- Philipps 1,400 · U.S. census
- Philips 6,729 · U.S. census
- Philogene 482 · U.S. census
- Phu 1,781 · U.S. census
- Phung 5,387 · U.S. census
- Pi 718 · U.S. census
- Pia 767 · U.S. census
- Piacentini 517 · U.S. census
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