How common is the surname Sheffer?

3,692 people in the United States had the surname Sheffer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 83,626 Americans. It ranked 8,870th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Sheffer?

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

Who is the most famous person named Sheffer?

Craig Sheffer, American film and television actor.

Where is the surname Sheffer most common?

Wikidata records people named Sheffer in the United States.

Is the surname Sheffer getting more or less common?

More common. 3,590 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,692 in 2010, up 2.8%.

The surname Sheffer

A German surname, carried by 3,692 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). Sheffer is more common than 94.5% of them.

Origin

German origin

A surname from German.

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 3,692 people named Sheffer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 83,626 Americans. That is up 2.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,590.

#8,870

rank among US surnames

3,692

people in 2010

1.3

per 100,000 Americans

+2.8%

change since 2000 (was #8,450)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,862	Lutes	3,695	83,558
#8,865	Hoyos	3,694	83,580
#8,867	Bretz	3,693	83,603
#8,870	Cirillo	3,692	83,626
#8,872	Phares	3,691	83,648
#8,873	Gailey	3,690	83,671

Who is named Sheffer

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

95% of people named Sheffer 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%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Sheffers

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Craig Sheffer
American film and television actor, born 1960

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Sheffer

Sheffer 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 Sheffer come from?: Sheffer is German in origin.
How common is the surname Sheffer?: 3,692 people in the United States had the surname Sheffer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 83,626 Americans. It ranked 8,870th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Sheffer?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Sheffer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Sheffer?: Craig Sheffer, American film and television actor.
Where is the surname Sheffer most common?: Wikidata records people named Sheffer in the United States.
Is the surname Sheffer getting more or less common?: More common. 3,590 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,692 in 2010, up 2.8%.