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

The Scheffler surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,052 people carried this name — #8,184 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 73,000 people counted. That is up 10% from 3,695 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 291 people named Scheffler live in Argentina.

RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 133
Entre Ríos 89
Formosa 56
City of Buenos Aires 13

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In Poland’s population register

243 people named Scheffler have a registered home in Poland.

Of the 315 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 11 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Kuyavian-Pomeranian.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Kuyavian-Pomeranian 68
Greater Poland 55
Pomeranian 32
Warmian-Masurian 18
Lesser Poland 15
Lubusz 14
West Pomeranian 12
Lower Silesian 11

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

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 165 people named Scheffler.

35 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 13 départements, most often Moselle.

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

Where they were born

Born outside France 35
Moselle 78
Bas-Rhin 22
Paris 7
Doubs 5
Pas-de-Calais 5
Eure 4
Meurthe-et-Moselle 3
Hauts-de-Seine 1

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

106 people named Scheffler live in Switzerland.

They live in 7 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.

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

Where they live today

Zurich 39
Aargau 21
St. Gallen 15
Basel-Stadt 10
Lucerne 8
Solothurn 8
Geneva 5

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 the Nordic population registers

42 people named Scheffler is counted in Sweden.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 42

Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).

Who carried it

People named Scheffler,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Angelus Silesius
    Angelus Silesius 1624–1677 · writer
  • Wolfgang Scheffler d. 1725 · artist
  • Margareta Scheffler d. 1611
  • Jan Ernest Scheffler d. 1673
  • Waltraud Scheffler d. 1992
  • Stanislaus von Scheffler 1562–1637 · Mister

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

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