How Many People Have the Last Name Phillips?
people had the surname Phillips in the 2010 US Census
About 1 in 818 people in the Census had this surname
Source: Census Bureau surname list
Surname Rank
Of 162,253 surnames
Per 100,000 People
In 2010
Largest Group
White
Change Since 2000
+8,954 people
👥 Race and Hispanic Origin
Most people with the surname Phillips (76.7%) are non-Hispanic White. The next largest group, 17.1%, are non-Hispanic Black. Among surnames where most people are non-Hispanic White, Phillips ranks #34. From 2000 to 2010, the non-Hispanic White share fell from 79% to 76.7%.
📈 Change Since 2000
Phillips grew from 351,848 people in 2000 to 360,802 in 2010 (up 2.5%), and its rank fell from #47 to #52. The population grew faster, so its share still fell, from 130.43 to 122.31 people per 100,000.
| 2000 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| People | 351,848 | 360,802 |
| Rank | #47 | #52 |
| Per 100,000 people | 130.43 | 122.31 |
🏆 Surnames Ranked Near Phillips
🔊 Surnames That Sound Alike
Same Soundex code as Phillips: P412
👤 Phillips as a First Name
Phillips is a first name too: about 691 people alive in the US today have it as a first name, an estimate from Social Security birth records.
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