Paffer Surname
Approximately 26 people bear this surname
Paffer Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 22 | 1:9,730,651 | 206,332 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 13 | 1:3,862,976 | 168,604 |
Paffer Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Paffer Come From? nationality or country of origin
Paffer (Russian: Паффер) is held by more people in Brazil than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Paffer? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,882,373rd most frequently used surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 280,290,228 people. It occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 96 percent of Paffer live; 85 percent live in South America and 85 percent live in Luso-South America.
The surname Paffer is most widespread in Brazil, where it is carried by 22 people, or 1 in 9,730,651. In Brazil Paffer is mostly found in: Alagoas, where 59 percent live, Pernambuco, where 27 percent live and Rio de Janeiro, where 9 percent live. Apart from Brazil this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 12 percent live and Germany, where 4 percent live.
Paffer Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Paffer has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname decreased 77 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Paffer Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Paffer in the Russian language | ||
| Паффер | paffer | - |
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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 Paffer
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