Pefani Surname
Approximately 422 people bear this surname
Pefani Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greece | 400 | 1:27,699 | 4,224 |
| Philippines | 14 | 1:7,231,302 | 192,576 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Pefani Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pefani Come From? nationality or country of origin
Pefani is found most in Greece. It can also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Pefani? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 698,433rd most widely held last name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 17,269,066 people. The surname Pefani is predominantly found in Europe, where 96 percent of Pefani are found; 95 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 95 percent are found in Helleno-Europe.
This surname is most frequently held in Greece, where it is borne by 400 people, or 1 in 27,699. In Greece it is mostly found in: Attica, where 61 percent reside, Ionian Islands, where 19 percent reside and East Macedonia and Thrace, where 8 percent reside. Other than Greece Pefani exists in 7 countries. It is also common in The Philippines, where 3 percent reside and England, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pefanis | 92 | 722 | / |
| Pefanio | 92 | 224 | / |
| Pifani | 83 | 105 | / |
| Pefane | 83 | 1 | / |
| Pifanio | 77 | 81 | / |
| Pefhany | 77 | 22 | / |
| Pifanis | 77 | 2 | / |
| Pefañio | 77 | 2 | / |
| Pephani | 77 | 1 | / |
| Pitfani | 77 | 1 | / |
| Pefanea | 77 | 1 | / |
| Phefane | 77 | 1 | / |
| Pephanis | 71 | 6 | / |
| Peephani | 71 | 1 | / |
| Peffanee | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pifane | 67 | 35 | / |
| Pifany | 67 | 2 | / |
| Pefaña | 67 | 1 | / |
| Phetphanit | 63 | 1 | / |
| Pifanes | 62 | 14 | / |
| Piffany | 62 | 7 | / |
| Pefoune | 62 | 2 | / |
| Piffane | 62 | 1 | / |
| Piphanio | 57 | 4 | / |
| Piphanis | 57 | 1 | / |
| Pefoutne | 57 | 1 | / |
| Phiphanit | 53 | 108 | / |
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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 Pefani
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