Perfler

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Perfler, Perfl is a field name , farm name and family name in Tyrol , Austria.

Perfall (e) is an ahd./mhd. Word form for bear trap and often used as a field name in Tyrol. Secondarily, the toponym was adopted as a court and family name in the Middle Ages.

The farm name Perfl can still be found today in the Unterinntal , Schnalstal and Villgratental .

The family name Perfler has the center of its distribution in the Hochpustertal . Genealogical research shows that the majority of people living in Austria and Europe today who bear the family name Perfler come from two family lines in the Villgratental, the Perflhof of the Unterfelden fraction and the Perflhof of the Winkeltal fraction, both of them in the district of Auservillgraten .

The total number of people with this name living worldwide is estimated at a maximum of four to five hundred. The family name Perfler is therefore a very rare family name in the Upper German-speaking area .

Name bearer

Mona Perfler, German actress.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Karl Finsterwalder : Tiroler Familiennamenkunde , Innsbruck 1994
  2. ^ Johann E. Trojer: Innervillgraten 1267-1967 , community Innervillgraten 1967 books.google
  3. Actor Videos . Retrieved July 25, 2019 .