How common is the surname Pfeffer?

4,400 people in the United States had the surname Pfeffer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 70,169 Americans. It ranked 7,554th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Pfeffer?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Pfeffer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Pfeffer?

Anton Pfeffer, Austrian footballer, followed by Zach Pfeffer.

Where is the surname Pfeffer most common?

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

Is the surname Pfeffer getting more or less common?

Less common. 4,431 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,400 in 2010, down 0.7%.

The surname Pfeffer

A German surname, carried by 4,400 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex P160

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Pfeffer is more common than 95.3% of them.

Origin

German origin

A surname from German.

One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,400 people named Pfeffer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 70,169 Americans. That is down 0.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,431.

#7,554

rank among US surnames

4,400

people in 2010

1.5

per 100,000 Americans

-0.7%

change since 2000 (was #6,973)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,550	Landes	4,404	70,106
#7,552	Kroeger	4,402	70,138
#7,553	Tai	4,401	70,153
#7,554	Teasley	4,400	70,169
#7,558	Toma	4,399	70,185

Who is named Pfeffer

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

94% of people named Pfeffer identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Pfeffers

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Anton Pfeffer
Austrian footballer, born 1965
Zach Pfeffer
American soccer player, born 1995
Jeffrey Pfeffer
American academic, born 1946

Notable Pfeffers come mostly from the United States (2) and Austria (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Pfeffer

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

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Pfeffer come from?: Pfeffer is German in origin.
How common is the surname Pfeffer?: 4,400 people in the United States had the surname Pfeffer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 70,169 Americans. It ranked 7,554th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Pfeffer?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Pfeffer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Pfeffer?: Anton Pfeffer, Austrian footballer, followed by Zach Pfeffer.
Where is the surname Pfeffer most common?: Wikidata records people named Pfeffer in the United States and Austria.
Is the surname Pfeffer getting more or less common?: Less common. 4,431 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,400 in 2010, down 0.7%.