Piefel Surname

2,273,756th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 70 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Piefel Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Piefel Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany681:1,183,90477,258
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613

Piefel Last Name Facts

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

Piefel is carried by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Piefel? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 2,273,756th most frequently occurring family name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 104,107,799 people. This last name is primarily found in Europe, where 97 percent of Piefel live; 97 percent live in Western Europe and 97 percent live in Germanic Europe.

Piefel is most widely held in Germany, where it is borne by 68 people, or 1 in 1,183,904. In Germany Piefel is most frequent in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 72 percent live, Lower Saxony, where 16 percent live and Saxony, where 3 percent live. Excluding Germany it is found in one country. It also occurs in South Africa, where 3 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pfiefel920/
Pifel9113/
Piffel8371/
Peffel8311/
Petfel834/
Poefel830/
Peafel830/
Pifl806/
Pfeffel77107/
Poeffel7741/
Pfeifel776/
Paitfel771/
Pfaifel771/
Pfiffel771/
Petfeld771/
Phefelt770/
Piffl73398/
Pufel7325/
Pyfel7325/
Peflt732/
Pifil731/
Pefil730/
Pisfil674,568/
Puefil6772/
Pyffel6761/
Puifil6714/
Püffel6711/
Poefil6710/
Poifil673/
Paifil671/
Puffel671/
Pephel671/
Pheifl670/

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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 Piefel
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