Pfaff is used as a family name or surname in Germany. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Pfaff
No. of characters: 5
Origin: Germany
Meaning: Also Pfaffe. The name means in German a priest nickname can have multiple meanings (see Lepretre).

How popular is Pfaff?

Pfaff is common in Germany.

Pfaff is ranked 21453 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Pfaff bearers increased by 0.7800063 per cent in 2010 US census to 6331 since 2000, the surname slipped by 369 spots and ranked at 5498. The last name was found in around 22 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 95.61 96.86
Hispanic or Latino 1.88 1.1
Others 1.03 0.81
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.74 0.38
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.58 0.59
Black 0.16 0.25
Pfaff is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in Germany which signifies that it is originated from Germany. Around 24081 people have been found who wears Pfaff as their family name. Pfaff is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
28,661 Serbia8
318,252 Ukraine6
46,707 New Zealand5
101,066 Zimbabwe5
1,014,159 India4
15,956 Venezuela3
4,096 Dominican Republic3
16,605 Austria3
3,670 Mozambique2
19,046 Ireland2
18,718 Thailand2
14,621 Croatia2
31,767 Greece2
20,595 China2
846 American Samoa1
83,428 United Arab Emirates1
2,374 Bermuda1
165,773 Belarus1
12,745 Luxembourg1
14,644 Tunisia1
17,575 Kuwait1
16,073 Latvia1
12,270 Lebanon1
537 Liechtenstein1
6,688 Malawi1
56,169 Mexico1
16,640 Hong Kong1
47,891 Norway1
66,560 Philippines1
21,562 Portugal1
49,529 Israel1
36,678 Singapore1
24,421 Slovakia1
17,236 Ghana1
2,613 The Bahamas1
29,046 Japan1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
95,259 Italy45
17,489 Denmark30
46,280 Czech Republic24
80,267 Kazakhstan24
18,457 Scotland20
353,279 Russia19
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
41,845 England97
19,740 Romania84
28,444 Australia82
57,588 Argentina75
13,232 Chile63
126,141 Indonesia60
38,045 Spain58
Countries with hundreds of Pfaff:
7,835 South Africa822
12,467 France747
7,431 Canada561
4,939 Netherlands545
23,176 Brazil541
3,294 Switzerland351
4,721 Hungary262
15,958 Belgium111
Countries with thousands of Pfaff:
4,979 United States7,957
Countries with ten thousands of Pfaff:
571 Germany11,432
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Immigrants to US

From Italy

30 years old Victoria Pfaff who was residing in Sardinia migrated to New-Orleans on December 6, 1858 by Mataro put out from Havre.

Comments

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Berniece Bolland
pfaff Alsace-Lorraine is a very rare name refers to the pope name of ecclesiastical dignity employed as a nickname.

Pfaff Namesakes

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  • Eva Pfaff, Tennis Player
  • Debby Pfaff, TV actor
  • Dellie Pfaff, Musical Artist
  • Destin Pfaff, Actor
  • Dieter Pfaff, Actor
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