How common is the surname Scheffer?

1,763 people in the United States had the surname Scheffer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 175,125 Americans. It ranked 16,343rd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Scheffer?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Scheffer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Scheffer?

Fernando Scheffer, Brazilian swimmer, followed by Ingrid Scheffer.

Where is the surname Scheffer most common?

Wikidata records people named Scheffer in Brazil and Australia.

Is the surname Scheffer getting more or less common?

More common. 1,741 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,763 in 2010, up 1.3%.

The surname Scheffer

A German surname, carried by 1,763 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S160

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Scheffer is more common than 89.9% of them.

Origin

German origin

From German Scheffer.

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 1,763 people named Scheffer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 175,125 Americans. That is up 1.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,741.

#16,343

rank among US surnames

1,763

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+1.3%

change since 2000 (was #15,446)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#16,338	Sifford	1,764	175,026
#16,343	Scheffer	1,763	175,125
#16,349	Mecca	1,762	175,224

Who is named Scheffer

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

96% of people named Scheffer identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
Two or more races 0.6%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Scheffers

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Fernando Scheffer
Brazilian swimmer, born 1998
Ingrid Scheffer
Australian paediatric neurologist, born 1958

Notable Scheffers come mostly from Brazil (1) and Australia (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Scheffer

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

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Scheffer come from?: From German Scheffer.
How common is the surname Scheffer?: 1,763 people in the United States had the surname Scheffer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 175,125 Americans. It ranked 16,343rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Scheffer?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Scheffer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Scheffer?: Fernando Scheffer, Brazilian swimmer, followed by Ingrid Scheffer.
Where is the surname Scheffer most common?: Wikidata records people named Scheffer in Brazil and Australia.
Is the surname Scheffer getting more or less common?: More common. 1,741 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,763 in 2010, up 1.3%.