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 surname Schaff is borne by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Schaff? popularity and diffusion
The last name Schaff is the 78,713th most widely held family name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 1,174,463 people. Schaff is primarily found in The Americas, where 71 percent of Schaff live; 64 percent live in North America and 64 percent live in Anglo-North America. Schaff is also the 2,900,335th most frequently held first name at a global level It is held by 15 people.
It is most numerous in The United States, where it is held by 3,834 people, or 1 in 94,538. In The United States Schaff is primarily concentrated in: California, where 9 percent are found, North Dakota, where 7 percent are found and Montana, where 7 percent are found. Not including The United States it occurs in 36 countries. It also occurs in France, where 16 percent are found and Germany, where 8 percent are found.
Schaff Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Schaff has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name grew 900 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 1,300 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Schaff Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Schaff surname are 19.68% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 66.45% being 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