Frequency: (8480)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
1. English (mainly southern), Dutch, and North German: occupational name for a player on the pipes, Middle English pipere, Middle Dutch pi(j)per, Middle Low German piper.
2. Translation of German Pfeiffer, or of the French secondary surname Lefifre.
See the Key to the Dictionary or consult the General Introduction for further explanation.
