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
Pefer is found most frequently in Nigeria. It can occur in the variant forms: Péfer. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Pefer? popularity and diffusion
The surname Pefer is the 6,360,413th most frequently used last name internationally, borne by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. The surname Pefer is predominantly found in Africa, where 44 percent of Pefer reside; 44 percent reside in West Africa and 44 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This surname is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 44,285,690. In Nigeria Pefer is most frequent in: Nasarawa, where 75 percent are found and Lagos, where 25 percent are found. Barring Nigeria this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Mexico, where 22 percent are found and Bulgaria, where 11 percent are found.
Pefer Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Pefer has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname fell 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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