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The phillips Surname

phillips Name Meaning and History

English, Dutch, North German, and Jewish (western Ashkenazic): patronymic from the personal name Philip. In North America this name has also absorbed cognate names from other European languages, for example Italian Filippi, Polish Filipowicz.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4

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Distribution of phillips Families in the US in 1920

Number of phillips families

1488-2973

497-1487

1-496

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Descendants of Lewis Phillips of Louisiana	Ric_Strozier	1
George W. Phillips	raystine	0
Information about Zachariah Phillips	G_Gaddini	8
Looking for information on Phillips, James, Devonald, Davies	windingstreet	23
Alexander Philips m. Catherine Long	Dave Long	3
Ruby Phillips m. Earl Allen	gailbuck42	0
George Allen Phillips	Parkekaa1950	0
Elizabeth K Phillips buried in Beggs Cemetery, Beggs, OK	Parkekaa1950	0
PHILLIPS Eugene 1893-1942	t42MountOlivet	0
PHILLIPS Arthur L 1937-1961	t42RoseHill	0

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