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    The surname Pfeifer

    A surname, carried by 10,109 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex P160

    Pfeifer: #3,533 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Pfeifer #3,533, 10,109 people Pfeifer: #3,533 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Pfeifer #3,533, 10,109 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Pfeifer is more common than 97.8% of them.

    Origin

    From the German and Jewish surname, spelling variant of Pfeiffer.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 10,109 people named Pfeifer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 30,542 Americans. That is up 1.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 9,963.

    #3,533
    rank among US surnames
    10,109
    people in 2010
    3.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.5%
    change since 2000 (was #3,302)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #3,524Barreto10,12730,487
    #3,525Correia10,12630,490
    #3,526McDuffie10,12530,493
    #3,527Betz10,12030,508
    #3,528Alderman10,11930,511
    #3,529Tice10,11830,514
    #3,530DeSantis10,11730,517

    Who is named Pfeifer

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

    94% of people named Pfeifer identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
    • Two or more races 1.1%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.1%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Pfeifers

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Sílvia Pfeifer
      Brazilian actress, born 1958

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Pfeifer

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

    Questions

    Where does the surname Pfeifer come from?
    From the German and Jewish surname, spelling variant of Pfeiffer.
    How common is the surname Pfeifer?
    10,109 people in the United States had the surname Pfeifer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 30,542 Americans. It ranked 3,533rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Pfeifer?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Pfeifer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Pfeifer?
    Sílvia Pfeifer, Brazilian actress.
    Where is the surname Pfeifer most common?
    Wikidata records people named Pfeifer in Brazil.
    Is the surname Pfeifer getting more or less common?
    More common. 9,963 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 10,109 in 2010, up 1.5%.