About the Pfisterer Surname

It is easy to miss Pfisterer in an index if you only search for Pfister.

What does the surname Pfisterer mean?

Surname dictionaries give the meaning as “Baker”. The 2010 census count for Pfisterer in the United States was 463, good for rank 46,037.

Is Pfisterer the same name as Pfister?

Pfisterer adds -er to the root of Pfister, a common way of forming related surnames. The same family of names includes Fister.

Does every Pfisterer family have a crest?

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