The Scheffer surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 1,741 people carried this name — #15,446 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 153,800 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 478 people named Scheffer.
19 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 42 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 Belgium’s population register
At least 43 people named Scheffer 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 Antwerp.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
23 people named Scheffer live in Switzerland.
They live in 3 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Where 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 print
Scheffer in American newspapers,
1861–1931.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 21,122 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Scheffer,
with a public archive behind them.
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Reinhard Scheffer 1590–1656 · politician
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Sebastian Scheffer 1631–1686 · town physician -
Pehr Scheffer 1657–1731 · jurist -
Carl Fredrik Scheffer 1715–1786 · writer -
Ulrik Scheffer 1716–1799 · military personnel
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 125 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Scheffer.
- Schauber 180 · U.S. census
- Schauer 5,309 · U.S. census
- Schaufelberger 198 · U.S. census
- Scheck 1,842 · U.S. census
- Scheer 5,535 · U.S. census
- Scheffel 998 · U.S. census
- Scheffler 3,695 · U.S. census
- Schehr 385 · U.S. census
- Scheibel 708 · U.S. census
- Scheiber 919 · U.S. census
- Scheid 3,328 · U.S. census
- Scheidecker 365 · U.S. census
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