Pufe Surname

1,210,518th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 194 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Pufe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pufe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany1501:536,70344,788
Brazil321:6,689,823158,565
Netherlands81:2,110,89788,902
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Italy11:61,156,688199,583

The alternate forms: Pufé (1) are calculated separately.

Pufe Last Name Facts

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

Pufe is found most in Germany. It may also appear in the variant forms: Pufé. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Pufe? popularity and diffusion

The last name Pufe is the 1,210,518th most widespread family name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 37,564,670 people. Pufe occurs mostly in Europe, where 83 percent of Pufe live; 82 percent live in Western Europe and 82 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The surname is most frequently used in Germany, where it is carried by 150 people, or 1 in 536,703. In Germany Pufe is mostly concentrated in: Thuringia, where 31 percent are found, Saxony, where 24 percent are found and Rhineland-Palatinate, where 12 percent are found. Beside Germany this last name is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 16 percent are found and The Netherlands, where 4 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pufé921/
Puffe89243/
Pufer896/
Paufe895/
Poufe891/
Pufee890/
Puf86551/
Puffer803,437/
Puffet80243/
Puiffe8095/
Puffie801/
Pupfer801/
Pouffe801/
Pfufer800/
Puffey800/
Phaufe800/
Pauffe800/
Phufer800/
Puff752,918/
Peuf7589/
Pufa7513/
Pauf7512/
Pufi7510/
Pguf753/
Puft752/
Pufs752/
Pife752/
Puzf751/
Phuf751/
Puwf751/
Pufh751/
Pupf750/
Pfeufer731,255/
Puffett73661/
Pouffet7355/
Pheufer733/
Pouffer733/
Putfeet731/
Peuffer731/
Pouffie731/
Pouffes731/
Phaufie731/
Phuffer730/
Pauffer730/
Pfuffer730/
Pfeuffer673,943/
Pufai67364/
Pfuff67132/
Pauff67124/
Poufa6755/
Puffi6745/
Puffy6742/
Phife6735/
Phufi6732/
Puffa6722/
Pushf6721/
Pifie6720/
Pufui6710/
Putfi6710/
Puffs676/
Paufi674/
Pouff672/
Phuff672/
Piffe672/
Pifhe671/
Pifeh671/
Hpuyf671/
Phufa671/
Pfufi671/
Pifea671/
Puchf671/
Pufoy670/
Pfife670/
Peufs670/
Phauf670/
Phouf670/
Pheuf670/

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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 Pufe
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