Pleifer Surname

2,047,559th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 84 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Austria
Highest density in:
Austria

Pleifer Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pleifer Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Austria751:113,53916,032
Brazil51:42,814,866547,158
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:12,554,671503,821

Pleifer Last Name Facts

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

Pleifer is found in Austria more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Pleifer? popularity and diffusion

The last name Pleifer is the 2,047,559th most commonly occurring family name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 86,756,499 people. The last name Pleifer occurs predominantly in Europe, where 90 percent of Pleifer are found; 89 percent are found in Western Europe and 89 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The surname Pleifer is most common in Austria, where it is held by 75 people, or 1 in 113,539. In Austria it is most numerous in: Tyrol, where 96 percent are found, Lower Austria, where 1 percent are found and Vienna, where 1 percent are found. Besides Austria it exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 6 percent are found and The United States, where 2 percent are found.

Pleifer Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Pleifer has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Pleifer last name declined 50 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pleiffer9314/
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Plifer921/
Pfleiffer881/
Pleffer8634/
Plhifer862/
Phlefer862/
Pflifer861/
Plefger861/
Pflefer860/
Plefe831/
Pillefer8030/
Pfleffer801/
Pleuffer801/
Plaifier801/
Plhaifer801/
Plieffer800/
Pellifer800/
Plafer770/
Plhaiffer7513/
Pillefert752/
Pellefier751/
Playfer7118/
Plajfer711/
Plasfer711/
Plaffer710/
Playafer671/
Plouffer671/

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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 Pleifer
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