Pfeiffer is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 8 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Pfeiffer
No. of characters: 8
Origin: United States
Meaning: Worn in Alsace-Lorraine (Alternative: Pfeifer), the name means a fife player.

How popular is Pfeiffer?

Pfeiffer is common in United States.

Pfeiffer is ranked 6748 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Pfeiffers plummeted by 0.1369863 per cent to 13851 since 2000 and slipped by 207 spots and ranked at 2601. The last name was found in around 47 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 95.15 96.85
Hispanic or Latino 2.19 1.24
Others 1.28 0.79
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.77 0.61
Black 0.35 0.18
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.27 0.32
Pfeiffer is quite popular family name mostly used in Germany while Liechtenstein is ahead in terms of density. Around 80563 people have been found who wears Pfeiffer as their family name. Pfeiffer is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
5,565 Costa Rica8
9,568 Thailand8
98,953 Belarus7
318,252 Ukraine6
7,031 China6
1,014,159 India4
25,074 Greece3
4,333 Puerto Rico3
46,068 Philippines3
2,915 Paraguay3
14,078 Japan3
14,521 Portugal2
3,791 Namibia2
5,217 Zambia2
3,940 Ethiopia2
41,879 Turkey2
5,817 Albania2
4,104 South Korea2
8,593 Slovenia2
15,999 Slovakia2
26,123 Malaysia2
33,202 Saudi Arabia2
13,552 Qatar2
2,935 Madagascar1
5,916 Mozambique1
16,228 Bulgaria1
2,024 Mongolia1
2,309 Monaco1
16,073 Latvia1
38,830 Morocco1
134,667 Zimbabwe1
17,575 Kuwait1
48,575 Azerbaijan1
9,498 Iceland1
4,999 Papua New Guinea1
1,179 Swaziland1
17,236 Ghana1
5,553 Taiwan1
8,430 Northern Ireland1
19,533 Uruguay1
32,942 Uzbekistan1
25,721 Egypt1
18,969 Wales1
24,460 Armenia1
8,500 Dominican Republic1
1,176 Antigua and Barbuda1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
11,040 Scotland39
17,064 New Zealand31
297,046 Russia25
11,685 Singapore24
23,990 Serbia11
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
478 Luxembourg99
4,308 Ireland82
20,675 Czech Republic80
9,526 Croatia78
12,440 United Arab Emirates76
3,881 Hong Kong59
59 Liechtenstein53
13,876 Norway52
Countries with hundreds of Pfeiffer:
5,714 Canada760
9,230 South Africa694
9,170 Poland668
2,575 Hungary491
13,038 England457
6,649 Netherlands416
1,866 Denmark305
31,514 Italy291
4,533 Chile225
3,434 Bolivia195
16,953 Spain188
8,460 Venezuela176
13,504 Romania146
6,499 Sweden145
12,632 Peru114
9,561 Colombia105
16,921 Belgium104
Countries with thousands of Pfeiffer:
114 Austria4,296
2,770 France2,719
5,482 Brazil2,544
2,087 Australia1,510
575 Switzerland1,341
4,572 Argentina1,135
5,336 Mexico1,125
Countries with ten thousands of Pfeiffer:
96 Germany41,961
2,278 United States17,642
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Farmer John Pfeiffer from Great Britain aboard the Midas from Liverpool during the Irish famine. He is registered to be 25 years old when he arrived in USA on July 11, 1851. Farmer Katherine Pfeiffer, Musician Ernest Pfeiffer, are others that migrated to US.

From Italy

Jacob Pfeiffer was 24 years old when he migrated to New York on January 17, 1884. He lived in Italy where he worked as merchant and took France from Havre. Woshington Pfeiffer, aged 23, are other Pfeiffer that migrated to US.

Comments

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Ellan Filippelli
Pfeiffer is an Alsace-Lorraine fairly common name, means the pied piper.

Pfeiffer Namesakes

  • Gustavus Adolphus Pfeiffer, Author
  • Angelika Pfeiffer, Politician
  • Daniel Pfeiffer, Spokesman to Vice President Al Gore
  • Beate Pfeiffer, Voice actress
  • Beate Pfeiffer, Voice actress
  • Michelle Pfeiffer, Actress
  • Dedee Pfeiffer, Film actress
  • Darrin Pfeiffer, Musician
  • Daniel Pfeiffer, Spokesman to Vice President Al Gore
  • Dedee Pfeiffer, Film actress
  • In 2008 biography movie, The Last Wright, Bruce Brooks Pfeiffer played N.
  • Andreas Pfeiffer portrayed the small character of Roland Roller in 2008 comedy, crime movie Totgesagte leben länger.
  • Frieder Pfeiffer, from 2004 crime flick Tatort Calw - Die Hollywoodmorde, who portrayed Andreas Hoffmann.

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