Perfahl Surname

1,581,912th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 129 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Austria
Highest density in:
Austria

Perfahl Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Perfahl Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Austria1081:78,84711,877
Germany161:5,031,591189,895
Dominican Republic41:2,608,23320,941
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Perfahl Last Name Facts

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

The last name Perfahl is found most frequently in Austria. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Perfahl? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,581,912th most frequently held surname on a global scale, held by around 1 in 56,492,604 people. This last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 96 percent of Perfahl live; 96 percent live in Western Europe and 96 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The last name Perfahl is most frequent in Austria, where it is carried by 108 people, or 1 in 78,847. In Austria Perfahl is mostly found in: Upper Austria, where 96 percent reside, Vienna, where 2 percent reside and Lower Austria, where 1 percent reside. Barring Austria this last name exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 12 percent reside and The Dominican Republic, where 3 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Perfall8633/
Porfahl861/
Pearfall802/
Pierfall801/
Peurfall800/
Porfal7762/
Parfal771/
Perfalova752/
Perfoll71159/
Perphol712/
Prefol62130/
Perfollová593/
Parphal572/
Prefole572/
Porphal572/
Parpholl530/
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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 Perfahl
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