The Schaer surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 778 people carried this name — #30,139 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 384,600 people counted. That is down 2% from 790 in 2000.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
177 people named Schaer live in Switzerland.
They live in 13 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
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 Argentina’s national register
At least 108 people named Schaer live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 65 people named Schaer.
9 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 15 départements, most often Bas-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 Schaer,
with a public archive behind them.
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Gary Schaer 1951– · politician -
Adolf Schaer 1853–1927 · military officer
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Emil Schaer 1862–1931 · astronomer
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Ida Schär-Krause 1877–1957 · sculptor
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Hanna Schaer 1944– · opera singer
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Roland Schaer 1947– · university teacher
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 8 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Schaer.
- Schaal 1,984 · U.S. census
- Schacher 889 · 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
- Schaerer 155 · U.S. census
- Schaetzel 113 · U.S. census
- Schaetzle 223 · U.S. census
- Schafer 24,543 · U.S. census
- Schaff 2,881 · U.S. census
- Schaffer 20,614 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Schaer is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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