Pfestorf Surname

1,484,726th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 142 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Pfestorf Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pfestorf Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany1241:649,23850,829
Canada81:4,605,699220,704
Sweden81:1,230,84590,587
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Pfestorf Last Name Facts

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

Pfestorf is held by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Pfestorf.

How Common Is The Last Name Pfestorf? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,484,726th most commonly used last name globally, borne by around 1 in 51,320,746 people. It is mostly found in Europe, where 94 percent of Pfestorf are found; 87 percent are found in Western Europe and 87 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most commonly occurring in Germany, where it is borne by 124 people, or 1 in 649,238. In Germany Pfestorf is mostly found in: Saxony, where 18 percent live, Schleswig-Holstein, where 18 percent live and Bavaria, where 17 percent live. Other than Germany it exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 6 percent live and Sweden, where 6 percent live.

Pfestorf Last Name Statistics demography

Pfestorf earn more than double the average income. In Canada they earn 111.09% more than the national average, earning $104,876 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pestorf930/
Piestorf880/
Pettorf800/
Pastorf800/
Pastorff758/
Pettorrf751/
Petorv7169/
Pittorf6794/
Vastorf672/
Vettorf671/
Pesterw670/
Vistorff630/
Pitorv573/
Vetorv572/
Pittarf531/

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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 Pfestorf
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