The Schaffter 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. That is up 9% from 263 in 2000.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
487 people named Schaffter live in Switzerland.
They live in 14 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Jura.
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 54 people named Schaffter.
6 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 15 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 Schaffter,
with a public archive behind them.
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Albert Schaffter 1823–1897 · geographer
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Eugene Schaffter 1864– · politician
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Roger Schaffter 1917–1998 · politician
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Helinä Schaffter 1924–2010 · judge
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Chandra Schaffter 1930– · cricketer
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Laurent Schaffter 1947– · politician
Wikidata (CC0) · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Schaffter.
- Schaetzle 223 · U.S. census
- Schafer 24,543 · U.S. census
- Schaff 2,881 · U.S. census
- Schaffer 20,614 · U.S. census
- Schaffhauser 286 · U.S. census
- Schaffner 3,927 · U.S. census
- Schalck 117 · U.S. census
- Schalk 2,916 · U.S. census
- Schall 3,786 · U.S. census
- Schaller 5,875 · U.S. census
- Schaltenbrand 139 · U.S. census
- Schamber 740 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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