Pfister
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
South German and Alemannic German surname, from the noun Pfister (“baker”).
Proper noun[edit]
Pfister (plural Pfisters)
- A surname from German.
Statistics[edit]
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Pfister is the 6283rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 5441 individuals. Pfister is most common among White (95.07%) individuals.
Further reading[edit]
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Pfister”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
Anagrams[edit]
Alemannic German[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin pistor (“miller, baker”).
Noun[edit]
Pfister m
References[edit]
- Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 48.
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