Pefanis Surname

466,165th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 722 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Greece
Highest density in:
Greece

Pefanis Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pefanis Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Greece5221:21,2263,110
United States1381:2,626,514158,538
Canada181:2,046,977128,463
South Africa151:3,611,847123,156
Australia81:3,374,463124,818
England81:6,964,757184,742
Dominican Republic41:2,608,23320,941
Wales31:1,031,51134,732
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002

Pefanis Last Name Facts

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

The last name Pefanis occurs in Greece more than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Pefanis.

How Common Is The Last Name Pefanis? popularity and diffusion

Pefanis is the 466,165th most prevalent surname throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 10,093,554 people. This last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 75 percent of Pefanis are found; 72 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 72 percent are found in Helleno-Europe.

The surname is most numerous in Greece, where it is held by 522 people, or 1 in 21,226. In Greece Pefanis is mostly concentrated in: Attica, where 59 percent live, Western Greece, where 16 percent live and Ionian Islands, where 9 percent live. Other than Greece Pefanis exists in 12 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 19 percent live and Canada, where 2 percent live.

Pefanis Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Pefanis last name are 6.03% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 59.26% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Pefanis earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 34.33% more than the national average, earning $57,960 USD per year and in Canada they earn 35.19% more than the national average, earning $67,167 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pefani92422/
Pefanio86224/
Pifanis862/
Pephanis806/
Pifani77105/
Pefane771/
Pifanio7181/
Pefhany7122/
Pifanes7114/
Pefañio712/
Pephani711/
Pitfani711/
Pefanea711/
Phefane711/
Peephani671/
Piphanis671/
Peffanee671/
Pifane6235/
Pifany622/
Pefaña621/
Phetphanit591/
Piffany577/
Pefoune572/
Piffane571/
Piphanio534/
Pefoutne531/
Phiphanit50108/
Phaphanes501/

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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 Pefanis
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