Pfeiff Surname

395,536th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 892 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Uruguay

Pfeiff Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pfeiff Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3991:908,41868,362
Germany3451:233,34925,831
Uruguay481:71,4957,517
Brazil391:5,489,085137,424
Sweden261:378,72126,697
Canada161:2,302,849139,666
Belgium101:1,149,66482,403
Poland41:9,502,187181,606
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
England11:55,718,059489,080
Mauritius11:1,293,41716,552
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States281:1,793,52492,026

Pfeiff Last Name Facts

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

The surname Pfeiff has its highest incidence in The United States. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Pfeiff? popularity and diffusion

The surname Pfeiff is the 395,536th most common last name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 8,169,895 people. Pfeiff occurs mostly in The Americas, where 57 percent of Pfeiff live; 47 percent live in North America and 46 percent live in Anglo-North America.

This surname is most frequently used in The United States, where it is borne by 399 people, or 1 in 908,418. In The United States it is most frequent in: Colorado, where 26 percent are found, Iowa, where 12 percent are found and Arizona, where 12 percent are found. Other than The United States this surname occurs in 12 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 39 percent are found and Uruguay, where 5 percent are found.

Pfeiff Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Pfeiff has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname increased 1,425 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Pfeiff Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Pfeiff last name are 16.02% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 62.79% being registered with the political party.

The amount Pfeiff earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 4.44% more than the national average, earning $45,065 USD per year and in Canada they earn 28.91% more than the national average, earning $64,046 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pfeiffe924/
Pfeif91458/
Feiff9158/
Pfeff9114/
Pfiff910/
Pheiff8341/
Pfeife835/
Pfieff834/
Peioff833/
Pfaeff832/
Pfeifs831/
Pfiffe831/
Pfeffe830/
Piff80529/
Peff8072/
Peif8050/
Fiff8015/
Feff8014/
Feif8014/
Pfef801/
Peihoff772/
Pfaff7330,050/
Fiffe73334/
Peeff7356/
Pfeyf7328/
Feffe7316/
Feifs7314/
Peaff7311/
Pfaif737/
Pheif736/
Paeff735/
Pfief734/
Feift734/
Pffaf734/
Fieff733/
Fueff732/
Piffe732/
Paiff732/
Fewff732/
Peife731/
Pueff731/
Pfaef731/
Fiffp731/
Foeff731/
Feife731/
Piffs731/
Phiff731/
Peiof731/
Fiffs730/
Poeff730/
Pfife730/
Peffh730/
Fhiff730/
Peift730/
Fefft730/
Pifft730/
Fifft730/
Pefft730/
Pfaffe67595/
Puiffe6795/
Pif6781/
Paioff6734/
Payeff6719/
Faieff6718/
Fif6712/
Pijoff673/
Feeffe672/
Paiffe672/
Fef671/
Phiffs671/
Pffaff671/
Faiffe671/
Ffiffe671/
Phoeff670/
Peaffs670/
Phiffe670/
Phaiff670/
Pheaff670/
Ppfaff670/

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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
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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 Pfeiff
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