Schaffers Surname
Approximately 755 people bear this surname
Schaffers Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 370 | 1:146,426 | 16,705 |
| Netherlands | 134 | 1:126,024 | 19,691 |
| Germany | 115 | 1:700,047 | 53,529 |
| United States | 100 | 1:3,624,589 | 201,936 |
| Belgium | 28 | 1:410,594 | 42,948 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 1:10,043,737 | 422,899 |
The alternate forms: Schäffers (39) are calculated separately.
Schaffers Demographics
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Schaffers Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Schaffers Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Schaffers is more frequently found in South Africa than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms: Schäffers. Click here for other potential spellings of Schaffers.
How Common Is The Last Name Schaffers? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 450,362nd most frequently occurring last name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 9,652,379 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 49 percent of Schaffers live; 49 percent live in Southern Africa and 49 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
This last name is most common in South Africa, where it is carried by 370 people, or 1 in 146,426. In South Africa Schaffers is primarily concentrated in: Western Cape, where 86 percent live, Northern Cape, where 6 percent live and Gauteng, where 4 percent live. Not including South Africa it occurs in 10 countries. It is also found in The Netherlands, where 18 percent live and Germany, where 15 percent live.
Schaffers Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Schaffers has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname grew 2,000 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Schaffers Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Schaffers last name are 8.79% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 55.56% being registered with the political party.
The amount Schaffers earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 8.28% more than the national average, earning R 257,316 per year and in United States they earn 8.28% less than the national average, earning $39,575 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Schäffers | 96 | 39 | / |
| Schaeffers | 95 | 190 | / |
| Scheaffers | 95 | 14 | / |
| Schafers | 94 | 358 | / |
| Chaffers | 94 | 161 | / |
| Shaffers | 94 | 48 | / |
| Scaffers | 94 | 5 | / |
| Scheffers | 89 | 4,426 | / |
| Schaefers | 89 | 1,955 | / |
| Schaffors | 89 | 83 | / |
| Schoffers | 89 | 66 | / |
| Schöffers | 89 | 25 | / |
| Shaeffers | 89 | 8 | / |
| Sheaffers | 89 | 7 | / |
| Schaufers | 89 | 1 | / |
| Schaffars | 89 | 1 | / |
| Scheafers | 89 | 1 | / |
| Saffers | 88 | 45 | / |
| Shafers | 88 | 7 | / |
| Chafers | 88 | 6 | / |
| Scheiffers | 84 | 16 | / |
| Schoeffers | 84 | 1 | / |
| Scheeffers | 84 | 1 | / |
| Schäfers | 82 | 6,037 | / |
| Schefers | 82 | 339 | / |
| Saffiers | 82 | 15 | / |
| Sheffers | 82 | 13 | / |
| Shaefers | 82 | 2 | / |
| Shapfers | 82 | 0 | / |
| Shaifers | 82 | 0 | / |
| Schofers | 82 | 0 | / |
| Safers | 80 | 102 | / |
| Schaffarsch | 80 | 4 | / |
| Scheifers | 78 | 56 | / |
| Scheefers | 78 | 35 | / |
| Schoffors | 78 | 1 | / |
| Scheufers | 78 | 0 | / |
| Soffers | 75 | 349 | / |
| Seffers | 75 | 132 | / |
| Zaffers | 75 | 10 | / |
| Shefers | 75 | 2 | / |
| Scofers | 75 | 1 | / |
| Scefers | 75 | 1 | / |
| Säffers | 75 | 1 | / |
| Safeers | 75 | 1 | / |
| Seafers | 75 | 0 | / |
| Chofers | 75 | 0 | / |
| Shafirs | 75 | 0 | / |
| Soeffers | 71 | 101 | / |
| Sieffers | 71 | 66 | / |
| Sceifers | 71 | 42 | / |
| Seiffers | 71 | 36 | / |
| Sheafors | 71 | 3 | / |
| Szhafirs | 71 | 1 | / |
| Seyffers | 71 | 1 | / |
| Schefars | 71 | 0 | / |
| Saffairs | 71 | 0 | / |
| Sefers | 67 | 193 | / |
| Säfers | 67 | 23 | / |
| Safars | 67 | 12 | / |
| Seijffers | 67 | 9 | / |
| Safirs | 67 | 3 | / |
| Sofers | 67 | 1 | / |
| Scheufars | 67 | 1 | / |
| Schephers | 67 | 1 | / |
| Zafers | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Schaffers
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