Piefel Surname
Approximately 70 people bear this surname
Piefel Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 68 | 1:1,183,904 | 77,258 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
Piefel Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Piefel Come From? nationality or country of origin
Piefel occurs in Germany more than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Piefel? popularity and diffusion
Piefel is the 2,273,756th most widely held surname at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 104,107,799 people. This surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 97 percent of Piefel are found; 97 percent are found in Western Europe and 97 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
The last name Piefel is most numerous in Germany, where it is held by 68 people, or 1 in 1,183,904. In Germany Piefel is most prevalent in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 72 percent live, Lower Saxony, where 16 percent live and Saxony, where 3 percent live. Aside from Germany Piefel is found in one country. It is also found in South Africa, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pfiefel | 92 | 0 | / |
| Pifel | 91 | 13 | / |
| Piffel | 83 | 71 | / |
| Peffel | 83 | 11 | / |
| Petfel | 83 | 4 | / |
| Poefel | 83 | 0 | / |
| Peafel | 83 | 0 | / |
| Pifl | 80 | 6 | / |
| Pfeffel | 77 | 107 | / |
| Poeffel | 77 | 41 | / |
| Pfeifel | 77 | 6 | / |
| Paitfel | 77 | 1 | / |
| Pfaifel | 77 | 1 | / |
| Pfiffel | 77 | 1 | / |
| Petfeld | 77 | 1 | / |
| Phefelt | 77 | 0 | / |
| Piffl | 73 | 398 | / |
| Pufel | 73 | 25 | / |
| Pyfel | 73 | 25 | / |
| Peflt | 73 | 2 | / |
| Pifil | 73 | 1 | / |
| Pefil | 73 | 0 | / |
| Pisfil | 67 | 4,568 | / |
| Puefil | 67 | 72 | / |
| Pyffel | 67 | 61 | / |
| Puifil | 67 | 14 | / |
| Püffel | 67 | 11 | / |
| Poefil | 67 | 10 | / |
| Poifil | 67 | 3 | / |
| Paifil | 67 | 1 | / |
| Puffel | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pephel | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pheifl | 67 | 0 | / |
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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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