How common is the surname Sheaffer?

4,100 people in the United States had the surname Sheaffer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 75,304 Americans. It ranked 8,087th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Sheaffer?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Sheaffer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Sheaffer?

Robert Sheaffer, American writer.

Where is the surname Sheaffer most common?

Wikidata records people named Sheaffer in the United States.

Is the surname Sheaffer getting more or less common?

More common. 3,934 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,100 in 2010, up 4.2%.

The surname Sheaffer

An occupational surname, carried by 4,100 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). Sheaffer is more common than 95% of them.

Origin

Likely related to German Schäfer (“shepherd”). More at Schaefer.

Sheaffer is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,100 people named Sheaffer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 75,304 Americans. That is up 4.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,934.

#8,087

rank among US surnames

4,100

people in 2010

1.4

per 100,000 Americans

+4.2%

change since 2000 (was #7,792)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,080	Carraway	4,103	75,249
#8,082	Villavicencio	4,102	75,267
#8,084	Trail	4,101	75,285
#8,087	Debord	4,100	75,304
#8,089	Medford	4,099	75,322
#8,091	Holstein	4,098	75,341
#8,093	Meissner	4,097	75,359

Who is named Sheaffer

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

96% of people named Sheaffer identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.0% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.4%
Two or more races 1.0%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Sheaffers

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Robert Sheaffer
American writer, born 1949

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Sheaffer

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

Questions

Where does the surname Sheaffer come from?: Likely related to German Schäfer (“shepherd”). More at Schaefer.
How common is the surname Sheaffer?: 4,100 people in the United States had the surname Sheaffer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 75,304 Americans. It ranked 8,087th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Sheaffer?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Sheaffer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Sheaffer?: Robert Sheaffer, American writer.
Where is the surname Sheaffer most common?: Wikidata records people named Sheaffer in the United States.
What type of surname is Sheaffer?: Sheaffer is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
Is the surname Sheaffer getting more or less common?: More common. 3,934 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,100 in 2010, up 4.2%.