Pfeifers Surname
Approximately 26 people bear this surname
Pfeifers Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 22 | 1:3,659,339 | 158,771 |
| Latvia | 3 | 1:683,349 | 34,074 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Pfeifers Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pfeifers Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Pfeifers occurs most in Germany. It may occur as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Pfeifers? popularity and diffusion
Pfeifers is the 3,882,373rd most common family name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 280,290,228 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Pfeifers reside; 85 percent reside in Western Europe and 85 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
This surname is most numerous in Germany, where it is borne by 22 people, or 1 in 3,659,339. In Germany it is primarily concentrated in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 86 percent reside, Hamburg, where 5 percent reside and Lower Saxony, where 5 percent reside. Other than Germany this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Latvia, where 12 percent reside and England, where 4 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pfeiffers | 94 | 1 | / |
| Feifers | 93 | 22 | / |
| Peifers | 93 | 1 | / |
| Pfefers | 93 | 0 | / |
| Pfeijffers | 89 | 1 | / |
| Pheifers | 88 | 5 | / |
| Pfeffers | 88 | 1 | / |
| Pfiffers | 88 | 0 | / |
| Pefers | 86 | 1 | / |
| Pifers | 86 | 0 | / |
| Pheiffers | 82 | 44 | / |
| Peijffers | 82 | 25 | / |
| Peffers | 80 | 807 | / |
| Pijfers | 80 | 136 | / |
| Pyffers | 80 | 6 | / |
| Piefers | 80 | 6 | / |
| Peyfers | 80 | 2 | / |
| Piffers | 80 | 1 | / |
| Feffers | 80 | 0 | / |
| Paffers | 80 | 0 | / |
| Phifers | 80 | 0 | / |
| Pifiers | 80 | 0 | / |
| Pijffers | 75 | 209 | / |
| Pieffers | 75 | 134 | / |
| Peyffers | 75 | 71 | / |
| Phyffers | 75 | 0 | / |
| Phijffers | 71 | 36 | / |
| Phieffers | 71 | 15 | / |
| Pyfers | 71 | 2 | / |
| Fyfers | 71 | 1 | / |
| Viefers | 67 | 78 | / |
| Peffirs | 67 | 0 | / |
| Pephers | 67 | 0 | / |
| Vieffers | 63 | 2 | / |
| Fedfirst | 63 | 1 | / |
| Vyfers | 57 | 108 | / |
| Vifors | 57 | 9 | / |
| Fafors | 57 | 0 | / |
| Pephyrs | 53 | 7 | / |
| Vipfors | 53 | 4 | / |
| Phyphers | 50 | 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 Pfeifers
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