Where Does The Last Name Schaefs Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The surname Schaefs occurs more in Belgium more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Schaefs? ^{popularity and diffusion}

This last name is the 2,808,717^th most commonly used family name internationally It is held by around 1 in 151,823,873 people. This last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 94 percent of Schaefs live; 94 percent live in Western Europe and 92 percent live in Gallo-Europe.

The last name Schaefs is most commonly used in Belgium, where it is held by 44 people, or 1 in 261,287. In Belgium it is mostly concentrated in: Walloon Region, where 95 percent are found, Brussels Capital Region, where 2 percent are found and Flemish Region, where 2 percent are found. Other than Belgium this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 4 percent are found and France, where 2 percent are found.