How common is the surname Pifer?

3,814 people in the United States had the surname Pifer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 80,951 Americans. It ranked 8,623rd of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Pifer getting more or less common?

Less common. 3,901 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,814 in 2010, down 2.2%.

The surname Pifer

A surname, carried by 3,814 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). Pifer is more common than 94.7% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,814 people named Pifer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 80,951 Americans. That is down 2.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,901.

#8,623

rank among US surnames

3,814

people in 2010

1.3

per 100,000 Americans

-2.2%

change since 2000 (was #7,867)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,617	Marrone	3,818	80,866
#8,622	Hänsel	3,815	80,929
#8,623	Teller	3,814	80,951
#8,626	Towner	3,813	80,972
#8,629	Zalewski	3,812	80,993
#8,631	Krishnan	3,810	81,036

Who is named Pifer

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

95% of people named Pifer identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.8% as two or more races and 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Two or more races 1.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.4%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Pifer

Pifer 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 Pifer?: 3,814 people in the United States had the surname Pifer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 80,951 Americans. It ranked 8,623rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Pifer?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Pifer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as two or more races.
Is the surname Pifer getting more or less common?: Less common. 3,901 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,814 in 2010, down 2.2%.