Surname Paffen (Paffen 
) , all around the world, is quite a rare cognomen. The cognomen Paffen is habitual in Netherlands, where it is quite a rare surname, Germany, where it is a rare surname, and Colombia. Very seldom, Paffen is the forename as well as the last name.
| VARIANT | COUNTRY |
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| Paffen | Germany, Belgium, Colombia, United States, Netherlands |
| karl a. paffen (b. 1887) |
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| karlheinz paffen DE (b. 1914) |
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