Pfaifer Surname
Approximately 375 people bear this surname
Pfaifer Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ukraine | 303 | 1:150,240 | 20,916 |
| Brazil | 28 | 1:7,645,512 | 174,288 |
| France | 15 | 1:4,428,181 | 244,602 |
| Russia | 6 | 1:24,020,509 | 493,300 |
| Australia | 5 | 1:5,399,140 | 162,351 |
| Kazakhstan | 4 | 1:4,420,624 | 134,293 |
| Romania | 4 | 1:5,019,468 | 62,922 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Tajikistan | 1 | 1:8,386,692 | 12,859 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
Pfaifer Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pfaifer Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Pfaifer (Russian: Пфаифер) is borne by more people in Ukraine than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Pfaifer? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 761,666th most widespread surname internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 19,433,456 people. It is primarily found in Europe, where 87 percent of Pfaifer live; 82 percent live in Eastern Europe and 81 percent live in East Slavic Europe.
It is most frequent in Ukraine, where it is carried by 303 people, or 1 in 150,240. In Ukraine Pfaifer is most prevalent in: Zakarpattia Oblast, where 53 percent reside, Lviv Oblast, where 19 percent reside and Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, where 11 percent reside. Without taking into account Ukraine this last name exists in 12 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 7 percent reside and France, where 4 percent reside.
Pfaifer Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Pfaifer has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name increased 150 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Pfaifer Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Pfaifer in the Russian language | ||
| Пфаифер | pfaifer | - |
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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 Pfaifer
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