Schaff Surname
Approximately 6,205 people bear this surname
Schaff Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3,834 | 1:94,538 | 10,609 |
| France | 971 | 1:68,407 | 9,500 |
| Germany | 520 | 1:154,818 | 18,508 |
| Brazil | 246 | 1:870,221 | 31,350 |
| Canada | 124 | 1:297,142 | 27,584 |
| Chile | 82 | 1:214,835 | 6,713 |
| Argentina | 75 | 1:569,912 | 40,958 |
| South Africa | 68 | 1:796,731 | 54,178 |
| Israel | 59 | 1:145,045 | 15,356 |
| Hungary | 56 | 1:175,291 | 15,311 |
| Belgium | 28 | 1:410,594 | 42,948 |
| Luxembourg | 22 | 1:26,388 | 4,799 |
| Denmark | 19 | 1:297,090 | 21,940 |
| England | 13 | 1:4,286,005 | 132,302 |
| Australia | 13 | 1:2,076,592 | 93,242 |
| Austria | 11 | 1:774,130 | 64,097 |
| Jamaica | 11 | 1:260,904 | 6,695 |
| Malaysia | 11 | 1:2,681,293 | 102,971 |
| Mexico | 11 | 1:11,284,200 | 41,789 |
| Sweden | 7 | 1:1,406,680 | 102,017 |
| Portugal | 4 | 1:2,604,560 | 16,079 |
| Poland | 4 | 1:9,502,187 | 181,606 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 1:2,487,675 | 31,128 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Djibouti | 1 | 1:914,932 | 1,612 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 426 | 1:117,884 | 11,557 |
Schaff (15) may also be a first name.
Schaff Demographics
Average Male Schaff Height
176.08 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Schaff Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Schaff Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Schaff is more commonly found in The United States than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Schaff? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 78,713th most frequently held last name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,174,463 people. Schaff occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 71 percent of Schaff reside; 64 percent reside in North America and 64 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 2,900,335th most frequent first name worldwide, borne by 15 people.
This last name is most prevalent in The United States, where it is borne by 3,834 people, or 1 in 94,538. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: California, where 9 percent live, North Dakota, where 7 percent live and Montana, where 7 percent live. Excluding The United States it exists in 36 countries. It is also found in France, where 16 percent live and Germany, where 8 percent live.
Schaff Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Schaff has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Schaff surname rose 900 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 1,300 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Schaff Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Schaff last name are 19.68% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 66.45% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Schaff earn in different countries varies somewhat. In South Africa they earn 6.48% more than the national average, earning R 253,032 per year; in United States they earn 6.19% more than the national average, earning $45,819 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.02% less than the national average, earning $49,672 CAD per year.
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Schaff Reference & Research
Schaaf-Shoaf FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Schaff
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis