Pfordten Surname

4,034,050th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 24 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malaysia
Highest density in:
Malaysia

Pfordten Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pfordten Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malaysia161:1,843,38974,511
Thailand81:8,829,793476,604

Pfordten Last Name Facts

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

The last name Pfordten is carried by more people in Malaysia than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Pfordten? popularity and diffusion

It is the 4,034,050th most frequent last name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 303,647,746 people. It is mostly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Pfordten reside; 100 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 67 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia.

It is most widely held in Malaysia, where it is held by 16 people, or 1 in 1,843,389. In Malaysia Pfordten is mostly concentrated in: Selangor, where 94 percent live and Negeri Sembilan, where 6 percent live. Without taking into account Malaysia this last name is found in one country. It is also common in Thailand, where 33 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pforten939/
Porten861,929/
Forten86166/
Porthen80291/
Poorten80187/
Fortoen8088/
Porteen8011/
Portten809/
Forteen805/
Fortien804/
Fortuen802/
Portien801/
Portenn800/
Fortn7714/
Fourteen751,877/
Fortin7178,411/
Parten711,909/
Portin711,150/
Portem71689/
Perten71108/
Fortyn7161/
Ferten7140/
Portén7125/
Fortín7122/
Purten716/
Fortýn714/
Farten713/
Pürten712/
Fortne712/
Fuooerten711/
Forthn711/
Fortem711/
Portenova711/
Furten710/
Vorten710/
Fortuin6731,579/
Fortina671,259/
Porting67173/
Perthen67127/
Fourtin6787/
Parthen6761/
Portina6741/
Porthén6736/
Forthin6723/
Pourtin6723/
Pertien6722/
Portion6719/
Fortyna6711/
Porthin679/
Porttin679/
Forting676/
Fortijn674/
Fortion673/
Partent671/
Wfortin671/
Forttin671/
Fortinn671/
Portuin671/
Faurten671/
Fortuun671/
Partten670/
Partaen670/

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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 Pfordten
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