Pfingst Surname

366,000th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 985 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Australia

Pfingst Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pfingst Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany5521:145,84317,568
Australia2121:127,33813,906
United States1831:1,980,650127,499
Paraguay221:328,9435,083
Brazil51:42,814,866547,158
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
England11:55,718,059489,080
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States151:3,347,912150,340

Pfingst Last Name Facts

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

The last name Pfingst is more commonly found in Germany than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Pfingst? popularity and diffusion

Pfingst is the 366,000th most common surname on a global scale, held by around 1 in 7,398,524 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 57 percent of Pfingst reside; 56 percent reside in Western Europe and 56 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

It is most frequently held in Germany, where it is held by 552 people, or 1 in 145,843. In Germany Pfingst is most frequent in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 40 percent reside, Hesse, where 24 percent reside and Lower Saxony, where 6 percent reside. Outside of Germany Pfingst is found in 11 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 22 percent reside and The United States, where 19 percent reside.

Pfingst Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Pfingst has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Pfingst surname grew 1,220 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Pfingst Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Pfingst surname are 24.28% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 71.05% registered with the party.

Pfingst earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 16.95% more than the national average, earning $50,461 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pfingsth931/
Pingst922/
Fingst920/
Fings8339/
Pings8318/
Finkst7717/
Vingst773/
Pingsh771/
Puings770/
Pngs733/
Phengst711/
Puengst710/
Viengst710/
Finks671,246/
Pinks67939/
Pinxt67180/
Vings673/
Pingz672/
Fengs671/
Pengs671/

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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
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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 Pfingst
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