Schaffner Surname

36,431st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 14,478 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Switzerland

Schaffner Surname Definition:

(German) The manager, or steward, of a household.

Schaffner Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States5,5851:64,8997,588
Germany3,6301:22,1782,939
Switzerland3,0391:2,703325
France9731:68,2669,462
Canada2281:161,60316,308
Uruguay1711:20,0692,291
Argentina1531:279,36922,471
Austria1361:62,6139,728
Israel1281:66,8578,331
Brazil881:2,432,66374,473
South Africa621:873,83457,209
Australia451:599,90442,958
Chile231:765,93416,989
Spain231:2,032,69753,462
Czechia221:483,34051,393
Belgium221:522,57550,051
England211:2,653,24194,788
Poland201:1,900,43796,203
Singapore131:423,66918,211
Netherlands121:1,407,26575,423
Thailand121:5,886,529390,733
Ecuador101:1,590,58518,674
Mexico61:20,687,70153,861
Sweden51:1,969,351134,077
Philippines51:20,247,645262,352
Madagascar41:5,912,4595,394
Scotland41:1,338,45435,497
Italy31:20,385,563143,117
Luxembourg31:193,5147,046
Russia31:48,041,019639,186
Peru31:10,594,70845,902
Japan21:63,922,14662,827
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
Bosnia and Herzegovina11:3,536,40219,532
Saint Lucia11:178,7813,800
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Paraguay11:7,236,74616,511
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Cayman Islands11:63,8932,384
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
Myanmar11:51,937,9852,166
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England31:8,125,123158,686
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States6401:78,4678,301

The alternate forms: Schäffner (2,735) are calculated separately.

Schaffner (14) may also be a first name.

Schaffner Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(German) The manager, or steward, of a household.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

(from an ancestor's occupation) Schaffner is a steward or manager of a business or an estate.

— Rabbi Benzion Kaganoff

Schaffner Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Schaffner Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Schaffner is found in The United States more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as: Schäffner. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Schaffner? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 36,431st most prevalent last name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 503,353 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 55 percent of Schaffner live; 54 percent live in Western Europe and 45 percent live in Germanic Europe. It is also the 3,024,661st most frequent first name in the world. It is borne by 14 people.

The last name Schaffner is most numerous in The United States, where it is held by 5,585 people, or 1 in 64,899. In The United States Schaffner is most common in: Ohio, where 11 percent reside, California, where 9 percent reside and Texas, where 7 percent reside. Without taking into account The United States this surname exists in 54 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 25 percent reside and Switzerland, where 21 percent reside.

Schaffner Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Schaffner has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Schaffner last name expanded 873 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 700 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Schaffner Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Schaffner last name are 18.51% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 65.28% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Schaffner earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 40.67% less than the national average, earning S/. 11,502 per year; in South Africa they earn 14.86% more than the national average, earning R 272,940 per year; in United States they earn 5.29% more than the national average, earning $45,432 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.7% less than the national average, earning $49,334 CAD per year.

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