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 occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may also be found as: Péfer. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Pefer? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 6,360,413th most frequently held surname in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 44 percent of Pefer reside; 44 percent reside in West Africa and 44 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
It is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 4 people, or 1 in 44,285,690. In Nigeria Pefer is mostly found in: Nasarawa, where 75 percent live and Lagos, where 25 percent live. Aside from Nigeria this last name occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs 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 carrying 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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