Pfister
English
Etymology
Borrowed from German Pfister.
Proper noun
Pfister (plural Pfisters)
- A surname from German.
Statistics
- 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
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Pfister”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
Anagrams
- presift
Alemannic German
Alternative forms
- Pfischter
Etymology
From Latin pistor (“miller, baker”).
Noun
Pfister m
- (Uri, obsolete) baker
References
- Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 48.