The Pfau surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,996 people carried this name — #14,842 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 147,100 people counted. About the same as in 2000 (1,988).
In Switzerland’s population statistics
107 people named Pfau live in Switzerland.
They live in 10 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 72 people named Pfau.
12 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 6 départements, most often Haut-Rhin.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Poland’s population register
24 people named Pfau have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 43 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 3 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Łódź.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In print
Pfau in American newspapers,
1909–1920.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 15,093 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Pfau,
with a public archive behind them.
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Jakob Pfau (I.) d. 1580 · stove builder
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Eliakim Georg Pfau d. 1970
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Heinrich Pfau 1426–
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Ludwig Pfau I. 1547–1597 · politician
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Hans Heinrich Pfau (I.) 1559–1636 · stove builder
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Anton Pfau 1563–1613 · stove builder
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Pfau.
- Pettes 267 · U.S. census
- Petton 100 · U.S. census
- Peyron 220 · U.S. census
- Peyrot 130 · U.S. census
- Pfaff 6,331 · U.S. census
- Pfalzgraf 503 · U.S. census
- Pfeffer 4,400 · U.S. census
- Pfeifer 10,109 · U.S. census
- Pfeiffer 13,851 · U.S. census
- Pfender 322 · U.S. census
- Pfister 5,441 · U.S. census
- Pflaum 577 · U.S. census
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