How common is the surname Schaaf?

5,375 people in the United States had the surname Schaaf in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 57,441 Americans. It ranked 6,342nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Schaaf?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Schaaf identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Schaaf?

Libby Schaaf, American politician.

Where is the surname Schaaf most common?

Wikidata records people named Schaaf in the United States.

Is the surname Schaaf getting more or less common?

More common. 5,317 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,375 in 2010, up 1.1%.

The surname Schaaf

A surname, carried by 5,375 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex S100

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Schaaf is more common than 96.1% of them.

Origin

From the German surname, from Schafe (“sheep”). Also compare Schaap.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,375 people named Schaaf in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 57,441 Americans. That is up 1.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,317.

#6,342

rank among US surnames

5,375

people in 2010

1.8

per 100,000 Americans

+1.1%

change since 2000 (was #5,962)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,336	Monday	5,379	57,398
#6,339	Dryden	5,378	57,409
#6,341	Harney	5,376	57,430
#6,342	Schaaf	5,375	57,441

Who is named Schaaf

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

94% of people named Schaaf identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.7% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
Two or more races 1.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Schaafs

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Libby Schaaf
American politician, born 1965

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Schaaf

Schaaf has the Soundex code S100, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S100.

Questions

Where does the surname Schaaf come from?: From the German surname, from Schafe (“sheep”). Also compare Schaap.
How common is the surname Schaaf?: 5,375 people in the United States had the surname Schaaf in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 57,441 Americans. It ranked 6,342nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Schaaf?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Schaaf identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Schaaf?: Libby Schaaf, American politician.
Where is the surname Schaaf most common?: Wikidata records people named Schaaf in the United States.
Is the surname Schaaf getting more or less common?: More common. 5,317 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,375 in 2010, up 1.1%.