Surname Checker / Shafer
How Common Is the Last Name Shafer?
Estimated U.S. bearers of the surname Shafer today
28,390
Ranked #1,379 of 162,254 published surnames · 8.69 per 100,000 Americans (2010 Census) · 25,641 bearers counted in 2010, scaled to today's population.
Ancestry breakdown reported in the 2010 Census
White
94.16%
Black
0.8%
Asian / Pacific Islander
0.78%
Hispanic
2.2%
Percentages are the Census Bureau's published figures for surname bearers in 2010. Figures are estimates from public records — see the methodology page.