Pfisterer Surname

69,678th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7,105 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Pfisterer Surname User-submission:

A pfisterer is a 'baker'. This is a German surname.

Pfisterer Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany5,4941:14,6531,910
United States7651:473,80340,248
Austria5021:16,9632,554
Switzerland1141:72,0438,557
Canada641:575,71247,839
France351:1,897,792163,564
Thailand221:3,210,834301,565
Brazil211:10,194,016213,214
Argentina201:2,137,171104,027
England171:3,277,533109,658
Australia151:1,799,71385,184
Poland111:3,455,341126,214
Qatar61:393,00055,922
South Africa41:13,544,426222,367
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Albania11:2,914,05529,474
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England71:3,482,19689,582
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1251:401,74929,788

Pfisterer Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

A pfisterer is a 'baker'. This is a German surname.

- afurah4ze

Pfisterer Last Name Facts

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

The last name Pfisterer is carried by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Pfisterer? popularity and diffusion

The last name Pfisterer is the 69,678th most widely held last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 1,025,693 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 87 percent of Pfisterer reside; 86 percent reside in Western Europe and 86 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The surname is most commonly held in Germany, where it is borne by 5,494 people, or 1 in 14,653. In Germany Pfisterer is mostly found in: Baden-Württemberg, where 65 percent are found, Bavaria, where 23 percent are found and Hesse, where 4 percent are found. Beside Germany this last name is found in 27 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 11 percent are found and Austria, where 7 percent are found.

Pfisterer Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Pfisterer has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Pfisterer surname increased 612 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 243 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Pfisterer Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Pfisterer are 22.46% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 69.23% registered with the political party.

The amount Pfisterer earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 2.6% less than the national average, earning R 231,468 per year; in United States they earn 13.92% more than the national average, earning $49,157 USD per year and in Canada they earn 22.1% more than the national average, earning $60,664 CAD per year.

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Pfisterer Reference & Research

Pfister/Feaster FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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Footnotes

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