Pfingster Surname

10,311,814th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Switzerland

Pfingster Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pfingster Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States61:8,369,781355,680

Pfingster Last Name Facts

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

The surname Pfingster is most common in The United States. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Pfingster? popularity and diffusion

It is the 10,311,814th most prevalent family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. This last name is primarily found in The Americas, where 67 percent of Pfingster reside; 67 percent reside in North America and 67 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

The last name is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 181,229,466. In The United States Pfingster is most prevalent in: Florida, where 100 percent reside. Other than The United States this surname is found in one country. It also occurs in Switzerland, where 33 percent reside.

Pfingster Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Pfingster has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Pfingster last name fell 67 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Fingster941/
Fngster881/
Pinkster82683/
Pfingsti822/
Pfingstay780/
Pinxter7555/
Pingstti711/
Pinkstir710/
Pinxted630/
Venkster591/

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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 Pfingster
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