Philipo
surname · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Philipo is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Tanzania than in any other country, where it is the 44th most common surname.
- TZTanzania≈1 in 1.1K(inferred from the name graph)
- GHGhana≈1 in 391K
- KEKenya≈1 in 2.3M
carrying the name, as Mondonomo estimates it from our sources: no national register counts it in these countries. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Tanzania (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 43 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 1.1K (inferred from the name graph)
≈55,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Tanzania, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin
No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Philipo counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TZ Tanzania | #44 | ≈55,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.1K | 2 | Philipo | 27 |
| GH Ghana | — | ≈75 est. | ≈1 in 391K | — | Philipo | 4 |
| FR France | — | ≈24 est. | ≈1 in 2.8M | — | Philipo | 43 |
| KE Kenya | — | ≈23 est. | ≈1 in 2.3M | — | Philipo | 8 |
| US United States | — | ≈17 est. | ≈1 in 20M | listed | Philipo | 28 |
| BE Belgium | — | ≈3 est. | ≈1 in 4.2M | — | Philipo | 4 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: INEC Special Gazette 2021 — 2020 parliamentary election results; the us-wru-surnames-voterfile register. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Philip Kotlerb. 1931USnot in their usual nameAmerican marketing author, consultant, and professor
- Philipo Mulugob. 1972TZTanzanian politician (born 1972)
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 10 sources across 7 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TZ Tanzania | INEC Special Gazette 2021 — 2020 parliamentary election results | 2020 | 1 | #12 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, voter-file supplement (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 3
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- In which country does Philipo have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 55 thousand people named Philipo in Tanzania, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled philipo.
- How common is the name Philipo?
- Mondonomo estimates about 55,000 people in Tanzania have Philipo as their first surname, about 1 in 1.1 thousand residents. No national register counts it there; the figure is ours, calibrated against the registers that do.
- How common is Philipo compared with other names?
- In Tanzania, Philipo is the 44th most common surname of 112,969 surnames recorded there.
What do you want to know about Philipo?
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Query this name via API
curl https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/philipoThe same payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. Rate-limited for casual use; a free API key gives 1,000 requests a day, and bulk access is licensed separately.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Philipo” — the 44th most common surname in Tanzania. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.