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

The Schaffhauser surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 286 people carried this name — #68,770 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,000,000 people counted. About the same as in 2000 (286).

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 377 people named Schaffhauser.

10 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 22 départements, most often Haut-Rhin.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 10
Haut-Rhin 292
Bas-Rhin 13
Paris 11
Vosges 7
Charente-Maritime 5
Marne 5
Meurthe-et-Moselle 5
Haute-Saône 4

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

288 people named Schaffhauser live in Switzerland.

They live in 19 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Aargau.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Aargau 49
Lucerne 47
Zurich 40
St. Gallen 34
Thurgau 21
Basel-Landschaft 15
Nidwalden 11
Schwyz 10

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.

Who carried it

People named Schaffhauser,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Joseph Schaffhauser 1757–1840
  • Josef Schaffhauser 1877–1961
  • Karl Schaffhauser 1894– · tailor
  • Michel Schaffhauser 1950– · diplomat
  • Jean-Luc Schaffhauser 1955– · politician
  • Florent Schaffhauser 1979– · mathematician

Wikidata (CC0).

When the index is not enough

This page says where Schaffhauser is.
A volume says what happened to it.

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