Schäffner Surname
Approximately 2,735 people bear this surname
Schäffner Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 2,614 | 1:30,798 | 4,062 |
| Austria | 66 | 1:129,022 | 17,785 |
| Denmark | 30 | 1:188,157 | 15,676 |
| South Africa | 13 | 1:4,167,516 | 132,322 |
| Switzerland | 6 | 1:1,368,819 | 77,571 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
The alternate forms: Schaffner (14,478) are calculated separately.
Schäffner Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Schäffner Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Schäffner is carried by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms: Schaffner. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Schäffner? popularity and diffusion
It is the 159,556th most frequently used last name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 2,664,551 people. It is primarily found in Europe, where 99 percent of Schäffner live; 98 percent live in Western Europe and 98 percent live in Germanic Europe.
This surname is most commonly held in Germany, where it is carried by 2,614 people, or 1 in 30,798. In Germany it is mostly concentrated in: Baden-Württemberg, where 42 percent live, Bavaria, where 22 percent live and Rhineland-Palatinate, where 10 percent live. Beside Germany this last name exists in 10 countries. It is also common in Austria, where 2 percent live and Denmark, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Schaffner | 96 | 14,478 | / |
| Schäfner | 94 | 35 | / |
| Schiffner | 89 | 4,073 | / |
| Scheffner | 89 | 748 | / |
| Schoffner | 89 | 183 | / |
| Schöffner | 89 | 94 | / |
| Schäffnerová | 86 | 1 | / |
| Schaeffner | 84 | 351 | / |
| Schoeffner | 84 | 49 | / |
| Schaaffner | 84 | 1 | / |
| Schisffner | 84 | 1 | / |
| Schaffnner | 84 | 1 | / |
| Shoffner | 82 | 3,624 | / |
| Shaffner | 82 | 1,918 | / |
| Schefner | 82 | 251 | / |
| Schafner | 82 | 123 | / |
| Sheffner | 82 | 111 | / |
| Shiffner | 82 | 110 | / |
| Schofner | 82 | 86 | / |
| Schifner | 82 | 31 | / |
| Sahffner | 82 | 4 | / |
| Schiffne | 82 | 2 | / |
| Cheffner | 82 | 1 | / |
| Chiffner | 82 | 1 | / |
| Schiefner | 78 | 625 | / |
| Schöpfner | 78 | 28 | / |
| Schaefner | 78 | 3 | / |
| Shoffneer | 78 | 2 | / |
| Schaffney | 78 | 1 | / |
| Shaeffner | 78 | 1 | / |
| Shoeffner | 78 | 1 | / |
| Schiffney | 78 | 1 | / |
| Schoefner | 78 | 1 | / |
| Scheifner | 78 | 1 | / |
| Shaiffner | 78 | 0 | / |
| Schafhner | 78 | 0 | / |
| Schopfner | 78 | 0 | / |
| Schafnear | 78 | 0 | / |
| Scheffnir | 78 | 0 | / |
| Schiffnerová | 76 | 29 | / |
| Schiffnerova | 76 | 1 | / |
| Shofner | 75 | 2,597 | / |
| Soffner | 75 | 735 | / |
| Shefner | 75 | 466 | / |
| Shafner | 75 | 403 | / |
| Seffner | 75 | 168 | / |
| Shifner | 75 | 100 | / |
| Söffner | 75 | 40 | / |
| Shyfner | 75 | 9 | / |
| Saffner | 75 | 9 | / |
| Chefner | 75 | 5 | / |
| Siffner | 75 | 1 | / |
| Schoepfner | 74 | 20 | / |
| Soeffner | 71 | 46 | / |
| Shopfner | 71 | 34 | / |
| Szeffner | 71 | 31 | / |
| Szaffner | 71 | 31 | / |
| Schiffni | 71 | 21 | / |
| Sewffner | 71 | 5 | / |
| Sheafner | 71 | 3 | / |
| Shefneer | 71 | 2 | / |
| Cheffney | 71 | 1 | / |
| Shoffnir | 71 | 0 | / |
| Shaffney | 71 | 0 | / |
| Scheffnecht | 70 | 1 | / |
| Safner | 67 | 125 | / |
| Sefner | 67 | 90 | / |
| Sifner | 67 | 19 | / |
| Sofner | 67 | 17 | / |
| Söfner | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shefne | 67 | 0 | / |
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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
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- 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 Schäffner
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