Piffa Surname

5,057,639th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 15 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Piffa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Piffa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda111:3,549,02589,142
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Italy11:61,156,688199,583

Piffa Last Name Facts

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

The surname Piffa is found most in Uganda. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Piffa? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 5,057,639th most frequently occurring last name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 485,836,394 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 73 percent of Piffa live; 73 percent live in East Africa and 73 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

The surname Piffa is most frequent in Uganda, where it is borne by 11 people, or 1 in 3,549,025. In Uganda Piffa is most common in: Luweero District, where 64 percent are found, Hoima District, where 18 percent are found and Mukono District, where 9 percent are found. Besides Uganda this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 13 percent are found and Argentina, where 7 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Piffat9113/
Pifa89155/
Piffaut83588/
Piffath8390/
Pioffay832/
Piffaud832/
Pfeiffa830/
Paifa80198/
Piffo8062/
Pifat8044/
Pifaa8033/
Pifas8030/
Piofa8024/
Puffa8022/
Pifai807/
Pifah804/
Peifa802/
Piefa802/
Piffe802/
Pifea801/
Piffi801/
Piffault77327/
Poiffaut77114/
Poiffait771/
Piffer734,133/
Puifai73184/
Puiffe7395/
Peffau7386/
Puffay7374/
Pifeas7351/
Piffet7348/
Pfiffi7337/
Pifaux7318/
Paifah7315/
Pifath7310/
Pifaud738/
Pifaia738/
Piwfai736/
Peffoa733/
Pitfai733/
Piffey732/
Paiffe732/
Pieffe732/
Pfeifa731/
Pifuua731/
Pitfay731/
Piwfad731/
Piffee731/
Pfiffe731/
Paifad731/
Piffie731/
Poifah731/
Phifas730/
Piffes730/
Phiffe730/
Peiffer679,156/
Pfiffer67594/
Paiffer67381/
Phiffer67274/
Phiofai6786/
Piffoux6763/
Pifo6735/
Pefa6724/
Piffáth6716/
Pufa6713/
Pishfah6712/
Phiwfai679/
Pfeiffe674/
Phiwfad672/
Pife672/
Pfeiffi671/
Poiffer671/
Piffeth671/
Piffher671/
Piffott671/
Pifi671/
Pishfad671/
Ppiffer671/
Piewfai671/
Pyfa671/
Pfeffea671/
Paifauy671/
Phieffe670/
Phipfas670/
Phiffes670/
Pfieffe670/

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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 Piffa
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