How common is the surname Schaffner?

3,927 people in the United States had the surname Schaffner in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 78,621 Americans. It ranked 8,415th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Schaffner?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Schaffner identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Schaffner?

Franklin J. Schaffner, American film director (1920–1989).

Where is the surname Schaffner most common?

Wikidata records people named Schaffner in the United States.

How do you pronounce Schaffner?

Schaffner is /ˈʃæfnə(ɹ)/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Schaffner getting more or less common?

More common. 3,813 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,927 in 2010, up 3.0%.

The surname Schaffner

A German surname, carried by 3,927 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈʃæfnə(ɹ)/ 2 syllables Soundex S156

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Schaffner is more common than 94.8% of them.

Origin

German origin

Borrowed from German Schaffner.

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 3,927 people named Schaffner in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 78,621 Americans. That is up 3.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,813.

#8,415

rank among US surnames

3,927

people in 2010

1.3

per 100,000 Americans

+3%

change since 2000 (was #8,025)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,407	Heron	3,934	78,481
#8,408	Winton	3,930	78,561
#8,414	McKinzie	3,929	78,581
#8,415	Kalman	3,927	78,621
#8,419	Zamorano	3,926	78,641
#8,422	Stallard	3,925	78,661
#8,423	Braley	3,924	78,681

Who is named Schaffner

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

95% of people named Schaffner identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
Two or more races 1.3%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Schaffners

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Franklin J. Schaffner
American film director (1920–1989)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Schaffner

Schaffner has the Soundex code S156, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S156.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Schaffner come from?: Borrowed from German Schaffner.
How common is the surname Schaffner?: 3,927 people in the United States had the surname Schaffner in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 78,621 Americans. It ranked 8,415th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Schaffner?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Schaffner identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Schaffner?: Franklin J. Schaffner, American film director (1920–1989).
Where is the surname Schaffner most common?: Wikidata records people named Schaffner in the United States.
How do you pronounce Schaffner?: Schaffner is /ˈʃæfnə(ɹ)/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Schaffner getting more or less common?: More common. 3,813 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,927 in 2010, up 3.0%.