Explore the Family Name Pfahler

The meaning of Pfahler

South German (also Pfähler): variant of Pfahl with the addition of the agent suffix -er, hence a topographic name for someone who lived by a palissade or near a post marking the village boundary or just outside a city wall, or an occupational name for a postmaker, for someone who erected stakes in vineyards or who built fencing. Some characteristic forenames: German Eberhardt, Florian, Otto.

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How common is the last name Pfahler in the United States?

Based on the data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the popularity of the surname Pfahler in the United States has seen a slight increase between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, Pfahler was ranked as the 39,378th most popular surname, but by 2010 it had climbed to the 38,691st position, representing a 1.74% increase in rank. Additionally, the number of people bearing the Pfahler surname experienced an 8.56% rise during this decade, increasing from 526 to 571.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#39,378	#38,691	1.74%
Count	526	571	8.56%
Proportion per 100k	0.19	0.19	0%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Pfahler

The ethnic identity associated with the Pfahler surname, as reported in the Decennial U.S. Census, is predominantly White, constituting 96.85% of those with the Pfahler surname in 2010, down slightly from 96.96% in 2000. Over this same period, the proportion of individuals with this surname identifying as Hispanic saw a significant increase, rising by 33.33% to reach 2.28% in 2010. However, there were no individuals with the Pfahler surname who identified as Asian/Pacific Islander, Black, or American Indian and Alaskan Native in either 2000 or 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
White	96.96%	96.85%	-0.11%
Hispanic	1.71%	2.28%	33.33%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%