Pfeffer Family History
Pfeffer Name Meaning
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): from Middle High German
pfeffer, German Pfeffer ‘pepper’, a metonymic
occupational name for a spicer; alternatively, it may be a nickname
for a small man (as if the size of a peppercorn) or one with a fiery
temper, or for a dark-haired person (from the color of a peppercorn)
or anecdotal for someone who paid a peppercorn rent.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Pfeffer Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Pfeffer families
 61 - 119  21 - 60 |
 1 - 20  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Pfeffer families
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5 - 7 2 - 4 |
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from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Pfeffer Family Origin
Pfeffer Immigration Information
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Pfeffer Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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