Pefia Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Pefia Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pefia Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543

Pefia (9) may also be a first name.

Pefia Last Name Facts

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

The last name Pefia has its highest incidence in The United States. It can also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Pefia? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 7,117,718th most commonly used surname globally. It is borne by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 71 percent of Pefia live; 71 percent live in North America and 71 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 3,941,740th most frequently occurring first name on earth, held by 9 people.

This surname is most prevalent in The United States, where it is carried by 5 people, or 1 in 72,491,787. In The United States it is most numerous in: Texas, where 60 percent reside, California, where 20 percent reside and Florida, where 20 percent reside. Without taking into account The United States this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 14 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 14 percent reside.

Pefia Last Name Statistics demography

Pefia earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 72.12% less than the national average, earning $12,031 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pefiah912/
Pefias911/
Pefiahe831/
Pofia804/
Pafia801/
Pifia801/
Poffia731/
Pafhia731/
Pafuhia6729/
Pfeffea671/
Pifya602/
Pefjo601/
Pifio601/
Pifea601/
Pafio601/
Pifja601/
Phiphia502/

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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 Pefia
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