The Pfeffer surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 4,431 people carried this name — #6,973 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 61,000 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 320 people named Pfeffer.
17 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 21 départements, most often Haut-Rhin.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
139 people named Pfeffer live in Switzerland.
They live in 13 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 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Poland’s population register
32 people named Pfeffer have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 64 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 4 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.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Pfeffer.
- Petton 100 · U.S. census
- Peyron 199 · U.S. census
- Peyrot 118 · U.S. census
- Pfaff 6,282 · U.S. census
- Pfalzgraf 474 · U.S. census
- Pfau 1,988 · U.S. census
- Pfeifer 9,963 · U.S. census
- Pfeiffer 13,870 · U.S. census
- Pfender 344 · U.S. census
- Pfister 5,411 · U.S. census
- Pflaum 560 · U.S. census
- Pfleger 821 · U.S. census
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