Pfeffing Surname
Approximately 37 people bear this surname
Pfeffing Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 32 | 1:2,515,796 | 126,826 |
| Switzerland | 4 | 1:2,053,229 | 97,179 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
Pfeffing Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pfeffing Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Pfeffing is carried by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It can also occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Pfeffing.
How Common Is The Last Name Pfeffing? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,228,735th most commonly held surname globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 196,960,700 people. The last name Pfeffing is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Pfeffing are found; 97 percent are found in Western Europe and 97 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
The last name is most widely held in Germany, where it is borne by 32 people, or 1 in 2,515,796. In Germany it is most frequent in: Saxony, where 53 percent live, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 25 percent live and Saxony-Anhalt, where 6 percent live. Without taking into account Germany Pfeffing is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Switzerland, where 11 percent live and Scotland, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peffing | 93 | 1 | / |
| Pfaffing | 88 | 2 | / |
| Pfeiffin | 88 | 0 | / |
| Feffin | 86 | 26 | / |
| Pfeffen | 80 | 40 | / |
| Paffing | 80 | 4 | / |
| Fefiong | 80 | 4 | / |
| Feeffin | 80 | 1 | / |
| Feffion | 80 | 1 | / |
| Fefin | 77 | 40 | / |
| Pefin | 77 | 5 | / |
| Pfeiffen | 75 | 4 | / |
| Feaffion | 75 | 1 | / |
| Pafing | 71 | 3,711 | / |
| Peffen | 71 | 24 | / |
| Fifing | 71 | 22 | / |
| Pfefen | 71 | 15 | / |
| Pfifin | 71 | 8 | / |
| Veffin | 71 | 7 | / |
| Feffim | 71 | 6 | / |
| Pefina | 71 | 3 | / |
| Pafeng | 71 | 2 | / |
| Fofing | 71 | 1 | / |
| Fiffin | 71 | 0 | / |
| Piffin | 71 | 0 | / |
| Peffyna | 67 | 22 | / |
| Poiffin | 67 | 17 | / |
| Peifeng | 67 | 11 | / |
| Feifeng | 67 | 6 | / |
| Pfeifen | 67 | 4 | / |
| Phafeng | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pfiffne | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pfiffen | 67 | 1 | / |
| Faiffin | 67 | 1 | / |
| Peifion | 67 | 0 | / |
| Phiffin | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Pfeffing
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