Schaffer surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Schaffer surname

In the 2000 U.S. Census, 20,117 people carried this name — #1,630 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 13,400 people counted.

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In Switzerland’s population statistics

599 people named Schaffer live in Switzerland.

They live in 20 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Bern.

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Where they live today

Bern 257
Zurich 78
Aargau 40
Lucerne 38
Basel-Landschaft 23
Thurgau 23
Solothurn 21
Geneva 18

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 251 people named Schaffer.

30 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 28 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.

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Where they were born

Born outside France 30
Bas-Rhin 50
Moselle 40
Saône-et-Loire 32
Paris 30
Meurthe-et-Moselle 11
Seine-Maritime 7
Haut-Rhin 7
Somme 5

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Poland’s population register

35 people named Schaffer have a registered home in Poland.

Of the 98 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 5 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Lesser Poland.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Lesser Poland 21
Silesian 8
Lower Silesian 2
Pomeranian 2
Greater Poland 2

PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.

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