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The philo Surname

philo Name Meaning and History

Shortened form of any of various names based on Greek philo- ‘friend’ or ‘loving’, e.g. Philopoemon in Greek itself.

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Distribution of philo Families in the US in 1920
Number of philo families
 24-45
 9-23
 1-8
 0
Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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philo 1924 grendav2001 0
English tree Sheldon Philo 10
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Philo Name Elizabeth A. Philo-Robertson 6
Philos LaVerne Philo 5
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PHILO family history Lonnie Philo 41
Dorothy E. (Philo) Hunt Obit Obitslenaweecounty 0
Brick Philo, husband of Mary, 1900 era, Ohio Aletta Holmes 5

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