Pfäffle Surname

572,911th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 550 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Pfäffle Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pfäffle Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany5441:147,98817,782
Austria21:4,257,71899,224
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
England11:55,718,059489,080
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States221:2,282,667111,005

The alternate forms: Pfaffle (148) are calculated separately.

Pfäffle Last Name Facts

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

Pfäffle is held by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It can be found as: Pfaffle. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Pfäffle? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 572,911th most prevalent family name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 13,250,083 people. The surname is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Pfäffle live; 100 percent live in Western Europe and 100 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The last name Pfäffle is most widely held in Germany, where it is carried by 544 people, or 1 in 147,988. In Germany Pfäffle is most frequent in: Baden-Württemberg, where 74 percent are found, Bavaria, where 14 percent are found and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 3 percent are found. Besides Germany this last name exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Austria, where 0 percent are found and Switzerland, where 0 percent are found.

Pfäffle Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Pfäffle has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name fell 95 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pfaffle95148/
Pfäffli86992/
Pfeffle8613/
Pefffle860/
Pfaeffle80205/
Pfeiffle80153/
Pfeffler808/
Pfieffle801/
Pfeffley800/
Pfiffler800/
Pfeffele800/
Paffle773/
Fyffle772/
Peffle771/
Pfafle770/
Faffle770/
Fiffle770/
Pfefle770/
Pfifle770/
Poffle770/
Pfeffeale752/
Pfeiffler751/
Pfieffley750/
Pfeifle711,942/
Peffley71838/
Poffley71347/
Pfaffly7183/
Pfayfle7143/
Pfiefle7140/
Peiffle7126/
Pfaffli7114/
Fiffles7113/
Faffley7112/
Pieffle7112/
Paffley7110/
Feffler719/
Pfaifle714/
Pfeyfle712/
Fiffley711/
Piffler711/
Peffele711/
Pfeffli711/
Pfejfle711/
Piffley711/
Pfifler711/
Pfaefle711/
Pfefele710/
Pfefler710/
Peffler710/
Pofle67169/
Pfaeffli6775/
Pfeifler6774/
Fyfle6726/
Pfeifley6723/
Fafle6720/
Peiffley6717/
Fefle677/
Fofle676/
Fifle674/
Pefle671/
Phaeffle671/
Paeffley671/
Pafle670/
Pfeefley670/
Peaffley670/
Pfeiffly670/
Pheffler670/

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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
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  • 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 Pfäffle
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