Pruffer Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Argentina
Highest density in:
Argentina

Pruffer Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pruffer Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Argentina21:21,371,707253,176
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States101:5,021,868210,693

The alternate forms: Prüffer (33) are calculated separately.

Pruffer Last Name Facts

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

The surname Pruffer is held by more people in Argentina than any other country or territory. It can also occur as: Prüffer. For other potential spellings of Pruffer click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Pruffer? popularity and diffusion

Pruffer is the 8,968,613th most widely held surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. This last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 75 percent of Pruffer are found; 50 percent are found in South America and 50 percent are found in Hispanic Southern America.

This last name is most frequent in Argentina, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 21,371,707. In Argentina it is most common in: Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, where 50 percent live and Buenos Aires Province, where 50 percent live. Outside of Argentina it exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Poland, where 25 percent live and The United States, where 25 percent live.

Pruffer Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Pruffer has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Pruffer surname contracted 90 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Prüffer9533/
Pruffert931/
Prueffer931/
Preuffer931/
Prufer92213/
Pruefer86152/
Prufert8623/
Priffer8618/
Preufer861/
Prufier860/
Prufe8311/
Pfriffer803/
Prieffer801/
Preufert800/
Prüfer773,680/
Prifer77106/
Proudfert750/
Prüfert71475/
Priefer71401/
Proofer713/
Pfroepffer711/
Pfrifer711/
Prüfe6739/
Pruffitt673/
Proudfir670/
Proudfire634/
Prüferová631/
Proudfett630/
Proofe625/
Proufa622/
Praufi621/
Prowfe621/
Proufit574/
Pruifoy574/
Proudfit53442/

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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 Pruffer
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