# Pfeffer (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/pfeffer/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from German.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | German |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 4,400 |
| US rank (2010) | 7,554 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 70,169 people |
| Change since 2000 | -0.7% (4,431 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Pfeffer in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 94% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.2% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.9% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.0% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.1% |
| Two or more races | 1.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Pfeffer in the United States and Austria.

## People named Pfeffer

- Anton Pfeffer, Austrian footballer
- Zach Pfeffer, American soccer player
- Jeffrey Pfeffer, American academic

## Similar surnames

Pfeiffer, Pfeifer, Peiffer, Peffer, Piper, Pepper, Pieper, Phifer, Pifer, Puffer, Peifer, Popper.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.