Piffo Surname

2,436,415th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 62 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Piffo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Piffo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon471:441,89537,035
Argentina131:3,287,955132,850
France11:66,422,722504,397
Germany11:80,505,459560,955

Piffo Last Name Facts

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

Piffo occurs in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Piffo? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 2,436,415th most numerous family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 117,541,063 people. The surname Piffo occurs mostly in Africa, where 76 percent of Piffo live; 76 percent live in Central Africa and 76 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.

It is most commonly occurring in Cameroon, where it is held by 47 people, or 1 in 441,895. In Cameroon it is most common in: Littoral Region, where 87 percent reside, Northwest Region, where 4 percent reside and West Region, where 4 percent reside. Not including Cameroon this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Argentina, where 21 percent reside and France, where 2 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pifo8935/
Piffoux8363/
Piffott831/
Poifo80197/
Piffa8015/
Piefo8011/
Paifo809/
Peffo803/
Pifot801/
Phifo801/
Pifoi801/
Pifou801/
Piffat7313/
Peuffo7311/
Poifho734/
Peffoa733/
Puifoy732/
Phiofo731/
Phifoo731/
Pueffo731/
Pifoch731/
Puifot731/
Phifot730/
Piffaut67588/
Pifa67155/
Piffath6790/
Piffáth6716/
Pefo674/
Pufo672/
Piffaud672/
Pyfo671/
Pfeiffa670/

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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
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  • 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 Piffo
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