Pfefferling Surname

5,587,209th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 12 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Pfefferling Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Pfefferling Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany91:8,945,051266,530
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States161:3,138,668142,671

Pfefferling Last Name Facts

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

The last name Pfefferling has its highest incidence in Germany. It can occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Pfefferling? popularity and diffusion

The last name Pfefferling is the 5,587,209th most widely held family name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 607,295,493 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 75 percent of Pfefferling live; 75 percent live in Western Europe and 75 percent live in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most frequently occurring in Germany, where it is borne by 9 people, or 1 in 8,945,051. In Germany Pfefferling is mostly concentrated in: Lower Saxony, where 56 percent reside, Hesse, where 22 percent reside and Bavaria, where 11 percent reside. Beside Germany this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 25 percent reside.

Pfefferling Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Pfefferling has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Pfefferling last name declined 81 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pfeifferling9642/
Fefferling954/
Pefferling950/
Pfifferling91382/
Pfeiferling9126/
Pfieferling910/
Feferling904/
Pfefferlen8632/
Pifferling860/
Fyferling8010/
Vafeerling761/
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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Pfefferling
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