Surname Checker / Schafer
How Common Is the Last Name Schafer?
Estimated U.S. bearers of the surname Schafer today
27,175
Ranked #1,452 of 162,254 published surnames · 8.32 per 100,000 Americans (2010 Census) · 24,543 bearers counted in 2010, scaled to today's population.
Ancestry breakdown reported in the 2010 Census
White
95.3%
Black
0.32%
Asian / Pacific Islander
0.55%
Hispanic
2.08%
Percentages are the Census Bureau's published figures for surname bearers in 2010. Figures are estimates from public records — see the methodology page.