# Shaffer (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/shaffer/  
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) | 59,943 |
| US rank (2010) | 560 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 5,151 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.2% (59,227 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈʃeɪ.fɚ/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Shaffer 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) | 2.5% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.9% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.4% |
| Two or more races | 1.5% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Shaffer in the United States and the United Kingdom.

## People named Shaffer

- James "Munky" Shaffer, American guitarist (born 1970)
- Atticus Shaffer, American actor (born 1998)
- Anna Shaffer, British actress
- Lee Shaffer, American basketball player (born 1939)
- John Shaffer, American politician (1827-1870)

## Similar surnames

Shafer, Shaver, Sheaffer, Sheffer, Shawver, Shaeffer, Shiffer, Schaefer, Schafer, Schaffer, Schaeffer, Schaper.

## 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.