Pfaffinger Surname
Approximately 1,661 people bear this surname
Pfaffinger Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 1,175 | 1:68,515 | 8,772 |
| Austria | 238 | 1:35,779 | 5,771 |
| United States | 216 | 1:1,678,051 | 111,588 |
| Canada | 15 | 1:2,456,373 | 146,130 |
| Switzerland | 12 | 1:684,410 | 46,196 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 15 | 1:3,347,912 | 150,340 |
The alternate forms: Pfäffinger (3) are calculated separately.
Pfaffinger Demographics
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Pfaffinger Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pfaffinger Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Pfaffinger is found in Germany more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as: Pfäffinger. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Pfaffinger? popularity and diffusion
The last name Pfaffinger is the 240,763rd most widely held surname globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 4,387,445 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 86 percent of Pfaffinger live; 86 percent live in Western Europe and 86 percent live in Germanic Europe.
It is most prevalent 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 live, Lower Saxony, where 1 percent live and Baden-Württemberg, where 1 percent live. Outside of Germany Pfaffinger is found in 8 countries. It is also common in Austria, where 14 percent live and The United States, where 13 percent live.
Pfaffinger Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Pfaffinger has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Pfaffinger last name grew 1,440 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Pfaffinger Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Pfaffinger are 23.68% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 70.45% registered to vote for the political 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.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pfäffinger | 97 | 3 | / |
| Paffinger | 95 | 6 | / |
| Pfafinger | 95 | 0 | / |
| Pfeffinger | 90 | 171 | / |
| Fapffinger | 90 | 0 | / |
| Pfeiffinger | 86 | 0 | / |
| Feffinger | 84 | 1 | / |
| Payfinger | 84 | 1 | / |
| Poffinger | 84 | 1 | / |
| Peffinger | 84 | 1 | / |
| Pöfinger | 78 | 7 | / |
| Paffince | 78 | 1 | / |
| Pfeiffenger | 76 | 1 | / |
| Popfinger | 74 | 118 | / |
| Poefinger | 74 | 10 | / |
| Peffenger | 74 | 0 | / |
| Poffenger | 74 | 0 | / |
| Pafinga | 71 | 4 | / |
| Fafingi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Fofiner | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pfoifenger | 70 | 0 | / |
| Pfaffenzeth | 67 | 0 | / |
| Fooffener | 63 | 3 | / |
| Phofenger | 63 | 0 | / |
| Foufiniere | 60 | 1 | / |
| Pafensie | 56 | 32 | / |
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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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