Pfaffen Surname
Approximately 532 people bear this surname
Pfaffen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Switzerland | 351 | 1:23,399 | 3,703 |
| Argentina | 174 | 1:245,652 | 19,922 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Pfaffen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pfaffen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Pfaffen has its highest incidence in Switzerland. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Pfaffen click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Pfaffen? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 587,571st most frequently occurring surname internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 13,698,395 people. This last name is primarily found in Europe, where 66 percent of Pfaffen reside; 66 percent reside in Western Europe and 50 percent reside in Gallo-Europe.
The last name is most widespread in Switzerland, where it is borne by 351 people, or 1 in 23,399. In Switzerland Pfaffen is mostly concentrated in: Canton of Valais, where 72 percent are found, Canton of Bern, where 7 percent are found and Canton of Zürich, where 4 percent are found. Beside Switzerland Pfaffen occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in Argentina, where 33 percent are found and Brazil, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paffen | 92 | 1,364 | / |
| Faffen | 92 | 1 | / |
| Pfeffen | 86 | 40 | / |
| Pfaffin | 86 | 3 | / |
| Fafen | 83 | 36 | / |
| Pafen | 83 | 1 | / |
| Pfeiffen | 80 | 4 | / |
| Pfaffing | 80 | 2 | / |
| Peffen | 77 | 24 | / |
| Faffin | 77 | 20 | / |
| Pfefen | 77 | 15 | / |
| Paffin | 77 | 13 | / |
| Poffen | 77 | 9 | / |
| Fafuen | 77 | 4 | / |
| Paffem | 77 | 3 | / |
| Pafeng | 77 | 2 | / |
| Foffen | 77 | 2 | / |
| Pafuen | 77 | 1 | / |
| Fafeng | 77 | 1 | / |
| Faifen | 77 | 1 | / |
| Paffenová | 75 | 1 | / |
| Pafn | 73 | 3 | / |
| Fafn | 73 | 1 | / |
| Faafeng | 71 | 50 | / |
| Paffing | 71 | 4 | / |
| Pfeifen | 71 | 4 | / |
| Faiffin | 71 | 1 | / |
| Peafuen | 71 | 1 | / |
| Phafeng | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pauffin | 71 | 1 | / |
| Phaffin | 71 | 0 | / |
| Peiffen | 71 | 0 | / |
| Poffeen | 71 | 0 | / |
| Fafin | 67 | 690 | / |
| Pafin | 67 | 151 | / |
| Fefen | 67 | 48 | / |
| Pafenova | 67 | 12 | / |
| Fafem | 67 | 4 | / |
| Fofen | 67 | 2 | / |
| Pheiffen | 67 | 1 | / |
| Feaffion | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pfeiffin | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Pfaffen
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