Philp Coat of Arms and Surname Origin

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Family name meaning

Philp is one more way Phelps has been written over the centuries. Surname dictionaries give the meaning as “Son of Philip”.

Records show Philp as one of the forms Phelps took over time. Regional accents shaped spellings long before dictionaries fixed them. Other spellings include Philps, Phelp and Phelips. The Census Bureau's 2010 surname file lists Philp with 1,239 bearers, at rank 21,184. Similar-sounding surnames on Herald Lab: Philip and Philippe.

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