Paffen Surname
Approximately 1,364 people bear this surname
Paffen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 690 | 1:116,675 | 14,342 |
| Netherlands | 589 | 1:28,671 | 4,710 |
| United States | 59 | 1:6,143,372 | 295,589 |
| Belgium | 8 | 1:1,437,080 | 92,692 |
| Colombia | 5 | 1:9,554,814 | 25,159 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| Australia | 3 | 1:8,998,567 | 200,784 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Venezuela | 2 | 1:15,102,038 | 69,873 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
Paffen Demographics
Paffen Political Affiliation
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Paffen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Paffen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Paffen is found most frequently in Germany. It can also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Paffen? popularity and diffusion
It is the 282,611th most widely held last name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 5,342,776 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 95 percent of Paffen live; 94 percent live in Western Europe and 94 percent live in Germanic Europe.
Paffen is most commonly held in Germany, where it is held by 690 people, or 1 in 116,675. In Germany it is most numerous in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 92 percent are found, Lower Saxony, where 3 percent are found and Baden-Württemberg, where 2 percent are found. Aside from Germany this surname is found in 10 countries. It also occurs in The Netherlands, where 43 percent are found and The United States, where 4 percent are found.
Paffen Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Paffen surname are 46.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 100% registered with the political party.
The amount Paffen earn in different countries varies greatly. In Colombia they earn 47.4% less than the national average, earning $11,942,400 COP per year and in United States they earn 4.91% more than the national average, earning $45,269 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pfaffen | 92 | 532 | / |
| Pafen | 91 | 1 | / |
| Peffen | 83 | 24 | / |
| Pfefen | 83 | 15 | / |
| Paffin | 83 | 13 | / |
| Poffen | 83 | 9 | / |
| Paffem | 83 | 3 | / |
| Pafeng | 83 | 2 | / |
| Pafuen | 83 | 1 | / |
| Pafn | 80 | 3 | / |
| Paffenová | 80 | 1 | / |
| Pfeffen | 77 | 40 | / |
| Paefuen | 77 | 7 | / |
| Pfeifen | 77 | 4 | / |
| Paffing | 77 | 4 | / |
| Pfaffin | 77 | 3 | / |
| Peafuen | 77 | 1 | / |
| Phafeng | 77 | 1 | / |
| Pauffin | 77 | 1 | / |
| Phaffin | 77 | 0 | / |
| Peiffen | 77 | 0 | / |
| Poffeen | 77 | 0 | / |
| Pafin | 73 | 151 | / |
| Padfn | 73 | 8 | / |
| Phaefuen | 71 | 84 | / |
| Pafenova | 71 | 12 | / |
| Pfeiffen | 71 | 4 | / |
| Pfaffing | 71 | 2 | / |
| Pheiffen | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pafing | 67 | 3,711 | / |
| Paphen | 67 | 58 | / |
| Poffyn | 67 | 38 | / |
| Paifin | 67 | 10 | / |
| Peifen | 67 | 9 | / |
| Pafina | 67 | 4 | / |
| Poffin | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pafion | 67 | 1 | / |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Paffen
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