Pfäffli Surname
Approximately 992 people bear this surname
Pfäffli Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Switzerland | 948 | 1:8,663 | 1,422 |
| Finland | 31 | 1:177,313 | 15,564 |
| Sweden | 4 | 1:2,461,689 | 157,534 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Pfaffli (14) are calculated separately.
Pfäffli Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pfäffli Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Pfäffli has its highest incidence in Switzerland. It may occur as a variant: Pfaffli. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Pfäffli? popularity and diffusion
It is the 363,955th most common surname at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 7,346,316 people. The surname Pfäffli occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Pfäffli are found; 96 percent are found in Western Europe and 94 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
This last name is most commonly held in Switzerland, where it is carried by 948 people, or 1 in 8,663. In Switzerland it is primarily concentrated in: Canton of Bern, where 49 percent reside, Canton of Zürich, where 14 percent reside and Canton of Lucerne, where 7 percent reside. Barring Switzerland Pfäffli exists in 8 countries. It is also found in Finland, where 3 percent reside and Sweden, where 0 percent reside.
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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 Pfäffli
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