Pfahls Surname

1,918,812th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 94 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Pfahls Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pfahls Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany931:865,65062,206
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States61:8,369,781355,680

Pfahls Last Name Facts

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

The surname Pfahls is found most in Germany. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Pfahls? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,918,812th most prevalent family name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 77,527,084 people. It is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Pfahls live; 100 percent live in Western Europe and 100 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The last name Pfahls is most frequent in Germany, where it is borne by 93 people, or 1 in 865,650. In Germany Pfahls is mostly found in: Hesse, where 98 percent are found, Lower Saxony, where 1 percent are found and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 1 percent are found. Without taking into account Germany it is found in one country. It is also common in Switzerland, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pfahles9214/
Pahls91522/
Pfals915/
Fahls910/
Pahles830/
Pals803,770/
Fals801,232/
Pachils771/
Paihles771/
Pauls7313,411/
Falls7312,315/
Fales735,113/
Pales732,834/
Fails732,078/
Pfalz73731/
Palse73433/
Fauls73369/
Pohls73233/
Peals73204/
False73119/
Pails7377/
Feals7357/
Palls7348/
Paals7338/
Falsh7331/
Phols7318/
Phels7316/
Falås7313/
Falss739/
Falhs737/
Palsh736/
Palsz736/
Falsø732/
Palst732/
Phals731/
Palsø731/
Falsz731/
Palsd731/
Falst730/
Pfaulsch710/
Passehls710/
Paulse678,037/
Phales671,927/
Paules671,792/
Palles671,687/
Palese671,589/
Falese67708/
Failes67379/
Falles67287/
Föhles67234/
Faulls67191/
Pailes67178/
Fatels67134/
Pheils67115/
Fayles6768/
Patles6761/
Paglis6759/
Paales6756/
Fallås6751/
Patels6747/
Phauls6732/
Faules6729/
Pheles6727/
Phells6725/
Paulls6724/
Faeles6722/
Paless6719/
Palsce6716/
Peales6716/
Pachelles6716/
Fatles6715/
Palhes6714/
Pasles679/
Palsøe678/
Paulst677/
Palshe676/
Falsch676/
Feales676/
Payles674/
Faulst672/
Fallse672/
Paulss672/
Pohles672/
Patils671/
Phalse671/
Pheals671/
Fgales671/
Fealse671/
Facils671/
Failse671/
Fallst671/
Faalls671/
Paulûs671/
Palest671/
Falesz671/
Pheels671/
Palesz671/
Phails670/
Falshe670/
Faulse670/
Pholes670/
Faills670/
Phalss670/
Pacels670/
Faless670/
Phalls670/
Phouls670/

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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 Pfahls
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