Palfey Surname

1,955,159th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 91 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Palfey Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Palfey Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States901:4,027,321218,060
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:12,187,685173,419

Palfey Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Palfey Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Palfey is more commonly found in The United States than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Palfey? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,955,159th most commonly held surname on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 80,082,922 people. The surname Palfey is predominantly found in The Americas, where 99 percent of Palfey reside; 99 percent reside in North America and 99 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

This last name is most numerous in The United States, where it is borne by 90 people, or 1 in 4,027,321. In The United States it is most frequent in: Pennsylvania, where 34 percent are found, Michigan, where 18 percent are found and California, where 17 percent are found. Not including The United States this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in Germany, where 1 percent are found.

Palfey Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Palfey are 35.01% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 88.24% registered to vote for the political party.

Palfey earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 2.81% less than the national average, earning $41,938 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Palffey922/
Palfy91688/
Palfe9111/
Palffy83594/
Palfyi8311/
Pallfy837/
Palfer835/
Palfay835/
Palpfy831/
Pahlfer779/
Pallffy771/
Palfi733,436/
Pálfy73819/
Palfiyah7121/
Paulfeit7110/
Pollfeyt711/
Pálffy671,034/
Polfer67234/
Pálfay6790/
Palfai6720/
Palffi678/
Pàlffy675/
Pállfy674/
Palfit673/
Paulfa671/
Palfis671/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Palfey
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