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 is carried by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Pefia? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 7,117,718th most frequently occurring family name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. This surname is predominantly found in The Americas, where 71 percent of Pefia reside; 71 percent reside in North America and 71 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 3,941,740th most commonly used first name worldwide, borne by 9 people.

The last name is most commonly held in The United States, where it is carried by 5 people, or 1 in 72,491,787. In The United States it is mostly found in: Texas, where 60 percent live, California, where 20 percent live and Florida, where 20 percent live. Beside The United States this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 14 percent live and The DR Congo, where 14 percent live.

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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