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: 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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