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    The surname Peffer

    A surname, carried by 1,632 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex P160

    Peffer: #17,323 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Peffer #17,323, 1,632 people Peffer: #17,323 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Peffer #17,323, 1,632 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Peffer is more common than 89.3% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,632 people named Peffer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 189,182 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 1,627.

    #17,323
    rank among US surnames
    1,632
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +0.3%
    change since 2000 (was #16,302)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #17,319Schmeling1,634188,951
    #17,322Noakes1,633189,066
    #17,323Galo1,632189,182
    #17,331Uhler1,631189,298

    Who is named Peffer

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    95% of people named Peffer identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.8% as two or more races and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Two or more races 1.8%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Peffer

    Peffer has the Soundex code P160, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P160.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Peffer?
    1,632 people in the United States had the surname Peffer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 189,182 Americans. It ranked 17,323rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Peffer?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Peffer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as two or more races.
    Is the surname Peffer getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,627 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,632 in 2010, up 0.3%.