The Schacher surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 889 people carried this name — #27,204 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 333,300 people counted. That is down 1% from 897 in 2000.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
651 people named Schacher live in Switzerland.
They live in 18 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Lucerne.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 102 people named Schacher.
4 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 16 départements, most often Haut-Rhin.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
Who carried it
People named Schacher,
with a public archive behind them.
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Quirin Schacher 1597–1670 · writer -
Hartmann Schacher 1553–1622 · merchant
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Magdalena Schacher 1563–1615
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Quirin Schacher 1578–1623 · merchant
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Hartmann Schacher 1584–1616 · merchant
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Quirin Schacher 1592–1667 · merchant
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 8 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Schacher.
- Schaab 670 · U.S. census
- Schaack 356 · U.S. census
- Schaad 1,209 · U.S. census
- Schaaf 5,375 · U.S. census
- Schaaff 136 · U.S. census
- Schaal 1,984 · U.S. census
- Schacherer 218 · U.S. census
- Schade 3,958 · U.S. census
- Schaefer 41,063 · U.S. census
- Schaeffer 16,024 · U.S. census
- Schaer 778 · U.S. census
- Schaerer 155 · U.S. census
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