Pfeffer is used as a family name or surname in Germany. It is 7 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Pfeffer
No. of characters: 7
Origin: Germany
Meaning:

The form of the Pfieffer. One who played a fife or a pipe, a piper.

Surname Pfeffer is variant form of Fifer. One who came from Fife.

How popular is Pfeffer?

Pfeffer is common in Germany, United States, Austria, Israel, France, Australia, Canada, Hungary, Brazil, Czechia, Denmark, Switzerland.

Pfeffer is ranked 21086 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Pfeffers plummeted by 0.7 per cent to 4400 since 2000 and slipped by 581 spots and ranked at 7554. The last name was found in around 1 per hundred thousand population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 94.36 96.12
Hispanic or Latino 2.89 1.94
Others 1.43 0.84
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.98 0.61
Black 0.2 0.29
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.14 0.2
Pfeffer is quite popular family name mostly used in Germany while Liechtenstein is ahead in terms of density. Around 25883 people have been found who wears Pfeffer as their family name. Pfeffer is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with ten thousands of Pfeffer:
749 Germany13,068
Countries with thousands of Pfeffer:
6,494 United States6,664
351 Austria2,432
Countries with hundreds of Pfeffer:
1,902 Israel687
14,874 France656
8,056 Australia399
10,530 Canada381
3,947 Hungary271
30,122 Brazil257
7,118 Czechia248
4,292 Denmark137
7,791 Switzerland130
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
51,923 England52
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
62,719 Poland49
62,207 Argentina43
23,900 Slovakia41
14,967 New Zealand38
51,332 Netherlands29
51,392 Spain25
242,644 Russia25
284,782 Thailand25
16,565 Chile24
29,154 Sweden24
18,235 Venezuela23
54,976 Malaysia23
60,840 Belgium16
127,494 South Africa14
294 Liechtenstein14
18,211 Singapore13
37,411 Norway12
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
30,726 Qatar9
25,911 Uruguay7
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Immigrants to US

From Germany

Laborer Georg Pfeffer from Germany aboard the Vesta from Antwerp. He is registered to be 20 years old when he arrived in USA on June 18, 1852. Johnn Pfeffer, aged 22, Friederic Pfeffer, aged 33, Peter Pfeffer, aged 20, Elise Pfeffer, Valentin Pfeffer, 22 years old Josephi-- Pfeffer, 27 years old Philipp Pfeffer, Merchant Bahus Pfeffer, and 518 other Pfeffer around 44.63% of whom were farmer while others worked as shoemaker and merchant, weaver, farmer and mechanic, carpenter, cartwright, baker, painter, daughter, brewer, cooper, joiner, bricklayer, butcher, servant, spinster, musician, clerk, smith migrated to US.

Pfeffer Namesakes

  • Georg Johann Pfeffer, German zoologist, primarily a malacologist
  • Wilhelm Pfeffer, German botanist and plant physiologist
  • Fritz Pfeffer, German dentist and Jewish refugee
  • Fred Pfeffer, American baseball player
  • Anton Pfeffer, retired Austrian footballer
  • Jeff Pfeffer, pitcher for the St
  • Sascha Pfeffer, German footballer who plays for 1

Pfeffer Namesakes

  • Georg Johann Pfeffer, German zoologist, primarily a malacologist
  • Wilhelm Pfeffer, German botanist and plant physiologist
  • Fritz Pfeffer, German dentist and Jewish refugee
  • Fred Pfeffer, American baseball player
  • Anton Pfeffer, retired Austrian footballer
  • Jeff Pfeffer, pitcher for the St
  • Sascha Pfeffer, German footballer who plays for 1

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