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    The surname Peifer

    A surname, carried by 1,459 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex P160

    Peifer: #18,786 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Peifer #18,786, 1,459 people Peifer: #18,786 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Peifer #18,786, 1,459 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Peifer is more common than 88.4% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,459 people named Peifer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 211,614 Americans. That is up 1.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,438.

    #18,786
    rank among US surnames
    1,459
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.5%
    change since 2000 (was #17,924)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #18,778Quinney1,460211,470
    #18,786Weisenberger1,459211,614
    #18,793Cort1,458211,760

    Who is named Peifer

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

    96% of people named Peifer identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
    • Two or more races 1.2%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Peifer

    Peifer 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 Peifer?
    1,459 people in the United States had the surname Peifer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 211,614 Americans. It ranked 18,786th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Peifer?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Peifer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Peifer getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,438 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,459 in 2010, up 1.5%.