Pfifter Surname

6,063,924th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 10 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Canada

Pfifter Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Pfifter 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
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
France11:66,422,722504,397
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Pfifter Last Name Facts

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

The surname Pfifter is more commonly found in The United States than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Pfifter? popularity and diffusion

Pfifter is the 6,063,924th most widespread family name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 728,754,592 people. This surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 90 percent of Pfifter live; 90 percent live in North America and 90 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The surname Pfifter is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is borne by 5 people, or 1 in 72,491,787. In The United States it is most prevalent in: Wisconsin, where 40 percent live, Florida, where 20 percent live and Louisiana, where 20 percent live. Barring The United States this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 40 percent live and France, where 10 percent live.

Pfifter Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Pfifter has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname rose 500 percent between 1880 and 2014.

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
Pfeifter931/
Pfifteir930/
Fifter922/
Piftter863/
Pfefter861/
Phifter860/
Fifte831/
Pheffter800/
Feafter712/
Phyfter711/
Fifty6737/
Pibte6729/
Fifti6712/
Fifta671/
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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 Pfifter
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