How common is the surname Schaff?

2,881 people in the United States had the surname Schaff in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 107,166 Americans. It ranked 11,035th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Schaff?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Schaff identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Schaff getting more or less common?

More common. 2,816 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,881 in 2010, up 2.3%.

The surname Schaff

A German surname, carried by 2,881 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). Schaff is more common than 93.2% of them.

Origin

German origin

* As a German surname, variant of Schaaf. * As a Jewish surname, from German Schaf (“sheep”) or its Yiddish equivalent שאָף (shof). * Also as a German surname, from the noun Schaff (“tub, wooden barrel”), compare Scheffel.

One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,881 people named Schaff in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 107,166 Americans. That is up 2.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,816.

#11,035

rank among US surnames

2,881

people in 2010

1.0

per 100,000 Americans

+2.3%

change since 2000 (was #10,465)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,026	Feder	2,884	107,055
#11,030	Hauge	2,883	107,092
#11,031	Chambless	2,882	107,129
#11,035	Foret	2,881	107,166
#11,040	Bruder	2,880	107,203
#11,044	Rickett	2,879	107,241

Who is named Schaff

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

95% of people named Schaff identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
Two or more races 1.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Schaff

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

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Schaff come from?: * As a German surname, variant of Schaaf. * As a Jewish surname, from German Schaf (“sheep”) or its Yiddish equivalent שאָף (shof). * Also as a German surname, from the noun Schaff (“tub, wooden barrel”), compare Scheffel.
How common is the surname Schaff?: 2,881 people in the United States had the surname Schaff in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 107,166 Americans. It ranked 11,035th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Schaff?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Schaff identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Schaff getting more or less common?: More common. 2,816 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,881 in 2010, up 2.3%.