Pfafl Surname

6,063,924th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 10 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Austria

Pfafl Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pfafl Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany71:11,500,780305,602
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220

Pfafl Last Name Facts

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

The surname Pfafl has its highest incidence in Germany. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Pfafl? popularity and diffusion

It is the 6,063,924th most frequent family name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 728,754,592 people. The surname Pfafl occurs mostly in Europe, where 80 percent of Pfafl reside; 80 percent reside in Western Europe and 80 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

It is most common in Germany, where it is borne by 7 people, or 1 in 11,500,780. In Germany Pfafl is primarily concentrated in: Bavaria, where 86 percent live and Thuringia, where 14 percent live. Apart from Germany it is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Austria, where 10 percent live and Iraq, where 10 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pfaffl91497/
Pfafel912/
Fafl8950/
Pafl891/
Pfaffel83248/
Pfaufel831/
Pfaifel831/
Pafel8084/
Fafel8049/
Fafil8022/
Pafil802/
Fafhl801/
Paufl800/
Poffel73185/
Paffel73162/
Pfäffl7340/
Pöffel7330/
Peffel7311/
Faflet738/
Feafel736/
Fayfel736/
Faifel732/
Fafael732/
Fajfel732/
Fafiol731/
Fafeel731/
Faffel730/
Peafel730/
Pfafflová7113/
Peafiel67145/
Pfeffel67107/
Pfäffel6760/
Poeffel6741/
Faflová6736/
Pfeifel676/
Pfaffelová674/
Faflova672/
Faeffel671/
Pafflet670/

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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 Pfafl
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