Peffley Surname

415,385th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 838 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Peffley Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Peffley Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States8331:435,12537,469
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1981:253,63020,943

Peffley (30) may also be a first name.

Peffley Last Name Facts

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

The last name Peffley occurs in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Peffley? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 415,385th most widely held last name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 8,696,356 people. The surname Peffley is mostly found in The Americas, where 100 percent of Peffley are found; 100 percent are found in North America and 99 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Peffley is also the 1,911,214th most commonly occurring forename worldwide, held by 30 people.

The surname is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is held by 833 people, or 1 in 435,125. In The United States Peffley is primarily concentrated in: Pennsylvania, where 28 percent reside, Indiana, where 14 percent reside and Ohio, where 9 percent reside. Without taking into account The United States it exists in 4 countries. It is also found in The Philippines, where 0 percent reside and Czechia, where 0 percent reside.

Peffley Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Peffley has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Peffley surname rose 421 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Peffley Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Peffley are 24.13% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 70.9% registered with the political party.

Peffley earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 6.55% less than the national average, earning $40,324 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Peiffley9317/
Paeffley931/
Peaffley930/
Pfeffley930/
Pefley92400/
Peffly92167/
Peffle921/
Pfieffley880/
Poffley86347/
Peifley8646/
Peiffle8626/
Phefley8622/
Pfeffle8613/
Pieffle8612/
Paffley8610/
Peafley861/
Piffley861/
Pefffle860/
Peffler860/
Piefley860/
Pefle831/
Pefly830/
Pfaeffle80205/
Pfeiffle80153/
Pfeifley8023/
Pfeffler808/
Phaeffle801/
Pfieffle801/
Pheffler800/
Pfeiffly800/
Pfeefley800/
Pheifley800/
Peufly7784/
Peifly7730/
Pofley7712/
Paffle773/
Peffli772/
Pafley771/
Pefles770/
Pfafle770/
Pifley770/
Pefler770/
Pfifle770/
Pfefly770/
Peifle770/
Poffle770/
Pfefle770/
Pfeiffler751/
Pfeafflue750/
Pfeifle711,942/
Pfäffle71550/
Pfaffle71148/
Pfaffly7183/
Pfayfle7143/
Pfiefle7140/
Pfeifly7121/
Pfaifle714/
Pfeyfle712/
Pheifle712/
Pfiefly711/
Peaflee711/
Peifely711/
Pfaefle711/
Pfifler711/
Pfeffli711/
Pfejfle711/
Piffler711/
Peefles710/
Peifler710/
Pfefler710/
Pephley710/
Pofle67169/
Pfaeffli6775/
Pfeifler6774/
Pittfley671/
Pifly670/
Pfiffler670/
Pafle670/

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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 Peffley
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