Piffner Surname

3,957,383rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 25 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Piffner Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Piffner Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States251:14,498,357517,445
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States121:4,184,890180,076

Piffner Last Name Facts

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

Piffner is found most in The United States. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Piffner.

How Common Is The Last Name Piffner? popularity and diffusion

The last name Piffner is the 3,957,383rd most frequent last name in the world It is held by around 1 in 291,501,837 people. The surname Piffner is mostly found in The Americas, where 100 percent of Piffner are found; 100 percent are found in North America and 100 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

The last name is most prevalent in The United States, where it is carried by 25 people, or 1 in 14,498,357. In The United States Piffner is primarily found in: Virginia, where 20 percent live, Illinois, where 16 percent live and Minnesota, where 12 percent live.

Piffner Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Piffner has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Piffner last name grew 208 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Piffner Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Piffner last name are 2.33% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 55.56% being registered with the party.

Piffner earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 1.48% more than the national average, earning $43,788 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pfiffner932,540/
Piffhner932/
Pieffner931/
Phiffner931/
Peiffner931/
Pifner920/
Pfisffner882/
Pfeiffner880/
Puffner863/
Pfiffne861/
Pfifner861/
Phifner860/
Pfiefner801/
Pfeffner801/
Pfeifner800/
Pfiffnerová781/
Pifney770/
Peffenne671/

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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 Piffner
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