Pfaffer Surname
Approximately 7 people bear this surname
Pfaffer Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Russia | 4 | 1:36,030,764 | 577,589 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 8 | 1:6,277,336 | 262,771 |
Pfaffer Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pfaffer Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Pfaffer is more frequently found in Russia than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Pfaffer? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 7,117,718th most frequently used last name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The surname Pfaffer is primarily found in Asia, where 57 percent of Pfaffer live; 57 percent live in North Asia and 57 percent live in Slavic North Asia.
The last name is most prevalent in Russia, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 36,030,764. In Russia Pfaffer is most common in: Kemerovo Oblast, where 100 percent reside. Barring Russia this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 29 percent reside and Germany, where 14 percent reside.
Pfaffer Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Pfaffer has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Pfaffer last name decreased 75 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Pfaffer
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