Pfaffinger Surname

240,763rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,661 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Austria

Pfaffinger Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pfaffinger Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany1,1751:68,5158,772
Austria2381:35,7795,771
United States2161:1,678,051111,588
Canada151:2,456,373146,130
Switzerland121:684,41046,196
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States151:3,347,912150,340

The alternate forms: Pfäffinger (3) are calculated separately.

Pfaffinger Last Name Facts

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

Pfaffinger is more frequently found in Germany than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms: Pfäffinger. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Pfaffinger? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 240,763rd most frequently occurring last name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 4,387,445 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 86 percent of Pfaffinger are found; 86 percent are found in Western Europe and 86 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

It is most widely held in Germany, where it is held by 1,175 people, or 1 in 68,515. In Germany Pfaffinger is most common in: Bavaria, where 97 percent are found, Lower Saxony, where 1 percent are found and Baden-Württemberg, where 1 percent are found. Without taking into account Germany Pfaffinger is found in 8 countries. It is also found in Austria, where 14 percent are found and The United States, where 13 percent are found.

Pfaffinger Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Pfaffinger has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Pfaffinger surname expanded 1,440 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Pfaffinger Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Pfaffinger surname are 23.68% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 70.45% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Pfaffinger earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 16.98% more than the national average, earning $50,476 USD per year and in Canada they earn 30.04% more than the national average, earning $64,606 CAD 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 Pfaffinger
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