Pijfers Surname

1,527,735th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 136 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Pijfers Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pijfers Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands1281:131,93120,423
Norway31:1,714,09579,528
New Zealand21:2,264,16249,210
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Pijfers Last Name Facts

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

Pijfers is most common in The Netherlands. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Pijfers? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,527,735th most commonly used surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 53,584,896 people. The last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 98 percent of Pijfers reside; 95 percent reside in Western Europe and 95 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

It is most commonly occurring in The Netherlands, where it is held by 128 people, or 1 in 131,931. In The Netherlands Pijfers is most prevalent in: Gelderland, where 32 percent are found, North Brabant, where 16 percent are found and North Holland, where 12 percent are found. Apart from The Netherlands Pijfers is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Norway, where 2 percent are found and New Zealand, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

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Pyfers772/
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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 Pijfers
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