Shaffern Surname

3,798,600th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 27 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Shaffern Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Shaffern Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States271:13,424,405494,117

Shaffern Last Name Facts

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

The last name Shaffern occurs more in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Shaffern.

How Common Is The Last Name Shaffern? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 3,798,600th most frequently occurring family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 269,909,108 people. The surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Shaffern are found; 100 percent are found in North America and 100 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

This last name is most widespread in The United States, where it is held by 27 people, or 1 in 13,424,405. In The United States it is most common in: Pennsylvania, where 59 percent are found, Illinois, where 33 percent are found and Delaware, where 7 percent are found.

Shaffern Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Shaffern last name are 3.91% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 57.14% being registered with the political party.

Shaffern earn significantly more than the average income. In United States they earn 25.34% more than the national average, earning $54,083 USD per year.

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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 Shaffern
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