Pfaffenberger Surname

268,717th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,452 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Austria

Pfaffenberger Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pfaffenberger Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany9941:80,99110,229
United States3191:1,136,23581,718
Austria1281:66,52710,251
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
England31:18,572,686338,250
Poland21:19,004,374199,659
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States381:1,321,54472,820

Pfaffenberger Last Name Facts

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

Pfaffenberger occurs more in Germany more than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Pfaffenberger? popularity and diffusion

Pfaffenberger is the 268,717th most prevalent last name at a global level, held by around 1 in 5,018,971 people. Pfaffenberger occurs predominantly in Europe, where 78 percent of Pfaffenberger live; 77 percent live in Western Europe and 77 percent live in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most widely held in Germany, where it is held by 994 people, or 1 in 80,991. In Germany Pfaffenberger is primarily found in: Bavaria, where 84 percent are found, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 5 percent are found and Hesse, where 2 percent are found. Outside of Germany it occurs in 8 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 22 percent are found and Austria, where 9 percent are found.

Pfaffenberger Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Pfaffenberger has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname increased 839 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Pfaffenberger Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Pfaffenberger last name are 12.32% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 59.09% registered with the political party.

Pfaffenberger earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 3.38% less than the national average, earning $41,689 USD per year.

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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 Pfaffenberger
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