Pfennigsdorf Surname

1,403,590th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 155 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Pfennigsdorf Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Pfennigsdorf 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
Germany1521:529,64144,407
England11:55,718,059489,080
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465

Pfennigsdorf Last Name Facts

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

The surname Pfennigsdorf is found in Germany more than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Pfennigsdorf? popularity and diffusion

The last name Pfennigsdorf is the 1,403,590th most frequently used last name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 47,016,425 people. The surname Pfennigsdorf is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Pfennigsdorf live; 99 percent live in Western Europe and 99 percent live in Germanic Europe.

Pfennigsdorf is most widely held in Germany, where it is held by 152 people, or 1 in 529,641. In Germany Pfennigsdorf is most frequent in: Saxony-Anhalt, where 40 percent live, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 30 percent live and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, where 9 percent live. Other than Germany it exists in 3 countries. It is also found in England, where 1 percent live and Italy, where 1 percent live.

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
Pennigsdorf9612/
Pfennigsdorff963/
Pfennigstorf9284/

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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 Pfennigsdorf
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