Pifen Surname

10,311,814th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Pifen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pifen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States121:4,184,890180,076

Pifen (49) may also be a first name.

Pifen Last Name Facts

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

The last name Pifen is carried by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Pifen click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Pifen? popularity and diffusion

The last name Pifen is the 10,311,814th most frequently held surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. The surname is primarily found in The Americas, where 67 percent of Pifen live; 67 percent live in North America and 67 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,430,306th most frequently occurring first name at a global level It is held by 49 people.

This last name is most common in The United States, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 181,229,466. In The United States it is most frequent in: California, where 100 percent live. Other than The United States Pifen occurs in one country. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 33 percent live.

Pifen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Pifen has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname contracted 83 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Pifen Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the surname is predominantly Anglican (100%) in Ireland.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Peifen919/
Piffen910/
Peifeng8311/
Pfeifen834/
Pfiffen831/
Phiffen830/
Peiffen830/
Pifin8010/
Pufen800/
Pfeiffen774/
Pheiffen771/
Phieffen770/
Puffen7326/
Peffen7324/
Pfefen7315/
Paifin7310/
Pfifin738/
Pifina736/
Piffin730/
Pfeffen6740/
Poiffin6717/
Peafuen671/
Phuefen671/
Pfiffne671/
Peifion670/
Phiffin670/

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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 Pifen
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