Pfeiffe Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Pfeiffe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Pfeiffe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pfeiffe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Pfeiffe is borne by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Pfeiffe.
How Common Is The Last Name Pfeiffe? popularity and diffusion
The surname Pfeiffe is the 8,968,613th most widespread last name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. Pfeiffe occurs mostly in Europe, where 50 percent of Pfeiffe live; 50 percent live in Western Europe and 50 percent live in Germanic Europe.
The surname Pfeiffe is most widespread in Germany, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 40,252,730. In Germany Pfeiffe is mostly found in: Baden-Württemberg, where 50 percent live and Rhineland-Palatinate, where 50 percent live. Not including Germany Pfeiffe is found in 2 countries. It is also found in China, where 25 percent live and The United States, where 25 percent live.
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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 Pfeiffe
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