Poffet Surname
Approximately 589 people bear this surname
Poffet Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Switzerland | 562 | 1:14,614 | 2,411 |
| France | 15 | 1:4,428,181 | 244,602 |
| South Africa | 5 | 1:10,835,541 | 204,227 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 1:10,043,737 | 422,899 |
Poffet Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Poffet Come From? nationality or country of origin
Poffet is found in Switzerland more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Poffet? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 544,093rd most commonly occurring family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 12,372,743 people. The last name Poffet is predominantly found in Europe, where 98 percent of Poffet reside; 98 percent reside in Western Europe and 70 percent reside in Gallo-Europe.
It is most common in Switzerland, where it is held by 562 people, or 1 in 14,614. In Switzerland it is mostly concentrated in: Canton of Fribourg, where 59 percent are found, Canton of Bern, where 10 percent are found and Canton of Zürich, where 8 percent are found. Without taking into account Switzerland this surname is found in 8 countries. It also occurs in France, where 3 percent are found and South Africa, where 1 percent are found.
Poffet Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Poffet has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Poffet surname declined 80 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pouffet | 92 | 55 | / |
| Poffett | 92 | 1 | / |
| Poffe | 91 | 320 | / |
| Pofet | 91 | 2 | / |
| Poffer | 83 | 157 | / |
| Paffet | 83 | 5 | / |
| Pouffe | 83 | 1 | / |
| Poffit | 83 | 1 | / |
| Pofe | 80 | 8 | / |
| Paffett | 77 | 441 | / |
| Pouffer | 77 | 3 | / |
| Poffitt | 77 | 2 | / |
| Poiffer | 77 | 1 | / |
| Poufeut | 77 | 1 | / |
| Pouffes | 77 | 1 | / |
| Pouffie | 77 | 1 | / |
| Phoffer | 77 | 0 | / |
| Poffa | 73 | 233 | / |
| Poffé | 73 | 195 | / |
| Paffe | 73 | 190 | / |
| Pofit | 73 | 90 | / |
| Pfofe | 73 | 21 | / |
| Pfafe | 73 | 10 | / |
| Pofei | 73 | 10 | / |
| Pofer | 73 | 5 | / |
| Poffi | 73 | 5 | / |
| Pofey | 73 | 4 | / |
| Phofe | 73 | 3 | / |
| Poufe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Pafet | 73 | 0 | / |
| Pofie | 73 | 0 | / |
| Pofes | 73 | 0 | / |
| Poffy | 73 | 0 | / |
| Poife | 73 | 0 | / |
| Poiffait | 71 | 1 | / |
| Poffahey | 71 | 1 | / |
| Phoffitt | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pfoffehe | 71 | 0 | / |
| Pfaffe | 67 | 595 | / |
| Paffey | 67 | 146 | / |
| Phoffa | 67 | 45 | / |
| Pophet | 67 | 44 | / |
| Potfer | 67 | 34 | / |
| Paffie | 67 | 32 | / |
| Paffer | 67 | 26 | / |
| Pouffa | 67 | 12 | / |
| Poifey | 67 | 1 | / |
| Paaffe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Phofer | 67 | 1 | / |
| Powfeh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Paffit | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pauffe | 67 | 0 | / |
| Paffee | 67 | 0 | / |
| Pfafer | 67 | 0 | / |
| Poofer | 67 | 0 | / |
| Pafeet | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Poffet
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