The Schafer surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 23,804 people carried this name — #1,366 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 11,300 people counted.
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In Switzerland’s population statistics
3,584 people named Schafer live in Switzerland.
They live in all 26 of Switzerland’s cantons, most of all in Fribourg.
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 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 472 people named Schafer.
207 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 26 départements, most often Moselle.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Poland’s population register
189 people named Schafer have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 423 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 14 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Kuyavian-Pomeranian.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 73 people named Schafer live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Liège.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Schafer.
- Schaefer 40,663 · U.S. census
- Schaeffer 15,448 · U.S. census
- Schaer 790 · U.S. census
- Schaerer 204 · U.S. census
- Schaetzel 119 · U.S. census
- Schaetzle 211 · U.S. census
- Schaff 2,816 · U.S. census
- Schaffer 20,117 · U.S. census
- Schaffhauser 286 · U.S. census
- Schaffner 3,813 · U.S. census
- Schaffter 263 · U.S. census
- Schalck 125 · U.S. census
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