Shaftner Surname

2,506,728th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 59 people bear this surname

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

Shaftner Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Shaftner Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States591:6,143,372295,589
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States361:1,394,96375,931

Shaftner Last Name Facts

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

Shaftner is carried by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Shaftner click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Shaftner? popularity and diffusion

The surname Shaftner is the 2,506,728th most widespread surname on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 123,517,727 people. The surname Shaftner occurs mostly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Shaftner reside; 100 percent reside in North America and 100 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

This last name is most numerous in The United States, where it is borne by 59 people, or 1 in 6,143,372. In The United States Shaftner is mostly found in: Texas, where 31 percent are found, South Carolina, where 24 percent are found and Michigan, where 12 percent are found.

Shaftner Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Shaftner has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Shaftner last name rose 164 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Shaftner Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Shaftner surname are 17.52% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 64.29% registered with the party.

Shaftner earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In United States they earn 54.16% more than the national average, earning $66,520 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Schaftner9436/
Shauftner940/
Saftner9376/
Schaeftner892/
Sheftner8812/
Shoftner881/
Schöftner82242/
Scheftner82185/
Schäftner82116/
Seftner8048/
Softner802/
Schoeftner788/
Softnet672/
Softness6337/
Softnets631/

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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 Shaftner
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