Pfeiffer Family History
Pfeiffer Name Meaning
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): from an agent derivative of Middle High German pfif(e), German Pfeife ‘whistle’, ‘pipe’, hence an occupational name for a pipe player.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Pfeiffer Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Pfeiffer families
 173 - 344  58 - 172 |
 1 - 57  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Pfeiffer families
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16 - 30 6 - 15 |
1 - 5 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Pfeiffer families
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2 - 1 2 - 1 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Pfeiffer Family Origin
Pfeiffer Immigration Information
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Pfeiffer Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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