# Schaffer (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/schaffer/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname, variant of Schaefer.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 20,614 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,738 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 14,977 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.5% (20,117 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Schaffer in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 93% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 3.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.0% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.4% |
| Two or more races | 1.2% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Schaffer in the United States and Austria.

## People named Schaffer

- Akiva Schaffer, American comedy writer, actor and film director
- Ine Schäffer, athletics competitor (1923–2009)
- Bob Schaffer, American politician

## Similar surnames

Schaefer, Schafer, Schaeffer, Schiffer, Scheffer, Shaffer, Shafer, Shaver, Sheaffer, Sheffer, Schipper, Schober.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.