# Philips (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/philips/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname transferred from the given name.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | patronymic, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 6,840 |
| US rank (2010) | 5,118 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 45,138 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.6% (6,729 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Philipps, Phillips |

## Etymology

From Philip + genitive (mainly patronymic) suffix -s.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Philips in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 74% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 16% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.7% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 4.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.8% |
| Two or more races | 2.2% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Philips in the United States, the Kingdom of England, the Kingdom of Great Britain and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

## People named Philips

- Gina Philips, American actress
- Emo Philips, American comedian
- Katherine Philips, Anglo-Welsh poet and translator (1632–1664)
- Mary Philips, American stage actor (1901-1975)
- Ambrose Philips, Anglo-Irish poet and politician
- Gwyneth Philips, American ice hockey player
- Judson Philips, American writer (1903–1989)
- Francis Charles Philips, British army officer, actor, theatre-manager, dramatist, barrister, journalist and writer

## Similar surnames

Phillips, Phelps, Philipps, Phillipps, Palafox.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.