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    The surname Schaeffer

    A surname, carried by 16,024 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex S160

    Schaeffer: #2,272 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#10,001Dubon Schaeffer #2,272, 16,024 people Schaeffer: #2,272 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Schaeffer #2,272, 16,024 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Schaeffer is more common than 98.6% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 16,024 people named Schaeffer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 19,268 Americans. That is up 3.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 15,448.

    #2,272
    rank among US surnames
    16,024
    people in 2010
    5.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.7%
    change since 2000 (was #2,156)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,263Deluca16,06619,217
    #2,265Lyles16,06219,222
    #2,266Dias16,04419,244
    #2,268McNally16,03919,250
    #2,269Schreiber16,03419,256
    #2,270Earl16,02719,264
    #2,271Berman16,02519,266

    Who is named Schaeffer

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

    93% of people named Schaeffer identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • White (not Hispanic) 93%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.6%
    • Two or more races 1.3%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.1%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Schaeffers

    5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Rebecca Schaeffer
      Actress (1967-1989)
    • Francis Schaeffer
      American theologian and writer (1912-1984)
    • Jac Schaeffer
      American filmmaker (born 1978)
    • Wendy Schaeffer
      Australian equestrian, born 1974
    • Eric Schaeffer
      Actor, film director, screenwriter, born 1962

    Notable Schaeffers come mostly from the United States (4) and Australia (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Schaeffer

    Schaeffer has the Soundex code S160, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S160.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Schaeffer?
    16,024 people in the United States had the surname Schaeffer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 19,268 Americans. It ranked 2,272nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Schaeffer?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Schaeffer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Schaeffer?
    Rebecca Schaeffer, actress (1967-1989), followed by Francis Schaeffer.
    Where is the surname Schaeffer most common?
    Wikidata records people named Schaeffer in the United States and Australia.
    Is the surname Schaeffer getting more or less common?
    More common. 15,448 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 16,024 in 2010, up 3.7%.