Pefer Surname
Approximately 9 people bear this surname
Pefer Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 13 | 1:3,862,976 | 168,604 |
The alternate forms: Péfer (1) are calculated separately.
Pefer Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pefer Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Pefer is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also occur as: Péfer. For other possible spellings of Pefer click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Pefer? popularity and diffusion
Pefer is the 6,360,413th most prevalent surname worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 809,727,324 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 44 percent of Pefer reside; 44 percent reside in West Africa and 44 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This last name is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 44,285,690. In Nigeria Pefer is most frequent in: Nasarawa, where 75 percent live and Lagos, where 25 percent live. Besides Nigeria this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Mexico, where 22 percent live and Bulgaria, where 11 percent live.
Pefer Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Pefer has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Pefer last name decreased 92 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Pefer
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