Where Does The Last Name Pfoster Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The last name Pfoster is found most in Switzerland. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Pfoster click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Pfoster? ^{popularity and diffusion}

The surname is the 1,551,568^th most frequent last name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 54,793,578 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 98 percent of Pfoster reside; 97 percent reside in Western Europe and 97 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The surname is most prevalent in Switzerland, where it is carried by 81 people, or 1 in 101,394. In Switzerland Pfoster is most prevalent in: Canton of Lucerne, where 59 percent are found, Canton of Zürich, where 21 percent are found and Canton of Zug, where 9 percent are found. Other than Switzerland this surname is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in The Netherlands, where 35 percent are found and The United States, where 2 percent are found.

Pfoster Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The prevalency of Pfoster has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Pfoster last name declined 75 percent between 1880 and 2014.