Surname Checker / Shaffer
How Common Is the Last Name Shaffer?
Estimated U.S. bearers of the surname Shaffer today
66,370
Ranked #560 of 162,254 published surnames · 20.32 per 100,000 Americans (2010 Census) · 59,943 bearers counted in 2010, scaled to today's population.
Ancestry breakdown reported in the 2010 Census
White
93.08%
Black
2.54%
Asian / Pacific Islander
0.55%
Hispanic
1.92%
Percentages are the Census Bureau's published figures for surname bearers in 2010. Figures are estimates from public records — see the methodology page.