How common is the surname Philyaw?

1,400 people in the United States had the surname Philyaw in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 220,533 Americans. It ranked 19,334th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Philyaw getting more or less common?

More common. 1,382 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,400 in 2010, up 1.3%.

The surname Philyaw

A surname, carried by 1,400 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex P400

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Philyaw is more common than 88.1% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,400 people named Philyaw in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 220,533 Americans. That is up 1.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,382.

#19,334

rank among US surnames

1,400

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+1.3%

change since 2000 (was #18,447)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#19,334	Assad	1,400	220,533
#19,341	Knapik	1,399	220,690

Who is named Philyaw

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

78% of people named Philyaw identified as white (not Hispanic), 17% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 78%
Black (not Hispanic) 17%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
Two or more races 1.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Questions

How common is the surname Philyaw?: 1,400 people in the United States had the surname Philyaw in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 220,533 Americans. It ranked 19,334th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Philyaw?: In the 2010 Census, 78% of people named Philyaw identified as white (not Hispanic), and 17% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Philyaw getting more or less common?: More common. 1,382 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,400 in 2010, up 1.3%.