Surname Checker / Schaffer
How Common Is the Last Name Schaffer?
Estimated U.S. bearers of the surname Schaffer today
22,824
Ranked #1,738 of 162,254 published surnames · 6.99 per 100,000 Americans (2010 Census) · 20,614 bearers counted in 2010, scaled to today's population.
Ancestry breakdown reported in the 2010 Census
White
92.55%
Black
3.33%
Asian / Pacific Islander
0.49%
Hispanic
2.04%
Percentages are the Census Bureau's published figures for surname bearers in 2010. Figures are estimates from public records — see the methodology page.