Surname Philemon (Philemon 
, Philémon 
, Филимон 
) , across the world, is a common family name. The cognomen Philemon is characteristic of Vanuatu, where it is quite a common surname, Tanzania, and Papua New Guinea. Measured by absolute frequency, it is the most numerous in Sub-Saharan Africa, particularly Tanzania, Nigeria, and Kenya. Likewise, Philemon is the forename as well as the last name.
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| Philemon | Tanzania, Kenya, South Africa, Nigeria, Ghana |
| Philémon | Rwanda, Cameroon, Madagascar, United States, Democratic Republic of the Congo |
| Филимон | Bulgaria, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Russia, Ukraine |
| فليمون | Egypt, Iraq |
| johannes philemon CZ (b. 1587) |
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| bart philemon Papua New Guinean politician, PG (b. 1945) |
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| elijah philemon botanist |
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| rune philemon researcher ORCID ID = 0000-0002-4054-0760 |
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| helen philemon PG (b. 1980) |
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