Preifer Surname

4,908,606th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 16 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Austria

Preifer Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Preifer Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States131:27,881,456736,413
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Germany11:80,505,459560,955

Preifer Last Name Facts

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

The last name Preifer is more frequently found in The United States than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Preifer click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Preifer? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 4,908,606th most frequently used surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 455,471,620 people. This surname is mostly found in The Americas, where 88 percent of Preifer live; 81 percent live in North America and 81 percent live in Anglo-North America.

This last name is most frequent in The United States, where it is carried by 13 people, or 1 in 27,881,456. In The United States it is most common in: Illinois, where 23 percent live, Wisconsin, where 23 percent live and Iowa, where 8 percent live. Other than The United States this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Austria, where 6 percent live and Brazil, where 6 percent live.

Preifer Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Preifer last name are 3.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 50% being registered to vote for the political party.

Preifer earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 22.83% more than the national average, earning $53,000 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Preiffer9372/
Preifert932/
Prifer92106/
Prefer92104/
Pfreiffer881/
Priefer86401/
Pruefer86152/
Preefer8672/
Preffer8670/
Priffer8618/
Prifert8614/
Prefere866/
Praifer863/
Pfrifer861/
Preufer861/
Prefier861/
Prefert860/
Prefe835/
Pfriffer803/
Preuffer801/
Prueffer801/
Prieffer801/
Preufert800/
Pryfer7764/
Prefet7719/
Prifej773/
Prefre773/
Prefie772/
Prefed771/
Prafer771/
Priffe770/
Priefe770/
Pryffer712/
Prifferova712/
Prefeth711/
Prifeez711/
Pfroepffer711/
Preffet711/
Prafe67341/
Prefa67288/
Prefi6724/
Prifa673/
Prifi672/
Priffets670/

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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 Preifer
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