Shafers Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Lebanon

Shafers Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Shafers Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States491:1,024,87160,160

Shafers Last Name Facts

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

The last name Shafers (Russian: Шаферс) is most common in The United States. It may appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Shafers.

How Common Is The Last Name Shafers? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 7,117,718th most frequent family name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The last name Shafers occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 43 percent of Shafers live; 43 percent live in North America and 43 percent live in Anglo-North America.

This surname is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is held by 3 people, or 1 in 120,819,644. In The United States it is mostly found in: Alabama, where 33 percent live, Michigan, where 33 percent live and Missouri, where 33 percent live. Apart from The United States this surname is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Belarus, where 14 percent live and India, where 14 percent live.

Shafers Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Shafers has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Shafers surname decreased 94 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Shafers Last Name Statistics demography

Shafers earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 60.7% less than the national average, earning $16,958 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Shafers Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Shafers in the Russian language
Шаферсsafers-

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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 Shafers
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