Pfuff Surname

1,558,593rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 132 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Pfuff Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pfuff Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany1311:614,54548,972
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:12,187,685173,419
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States71:7,174,098302,835

Pfuff Last Name Facts

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

The surname Pfuff is more commonly found in Germany than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Pfuff? popularity and diffusion

Pfuff is the 1,558,593rd most widely held last name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 55,208,681 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 99 percent of Pfuff are found; 99 percent are found in Western Europe and 99 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most frequently held in Germany, where it is borne by 131 people, or 1 in 614,545. In Germany Pfuff is most numerous in: Bavaria, where 82 percent live, Hamburg, where 8 percent live and Lower Saxony, where 4 percent live. Other than Germany it occurs in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent live.

Pfuff Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Pfuff has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name contracted 86 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Puff892,918/
Fuff8922/
Puffe80243/
Pauff80124/
Puffs806/
Fouff803/
Pouff802/
Phuff802/
Fuffe802/
Fhuff801/
Fuffs800/
Puf75551/
Fuf7518/
Puiffe7395/
Fouffe734/
Pouffe731/
Pauffe730/
Pufe67194/
Peuf6789/
Fauf6724/
Fouf6721/
Puffová6712/
Pauf6712/
Fufe6711/
Püff6710/
Pfub674/
Fuuf674/
Pguf673/
Pufs672/
Puft672/
Pufh671/
Phuf671/
Vfuf671/
Fuvf671/
Fuft671/
Fufs671/
Puffova671/
Fhuf671/
Fuyf671/
Futf671/
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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Pfuff
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