How common is the last name Shafer?

24,605 people in the United States have the last name Shafer, about 1 in 12,148. It ranks #1,410 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

SHAFER

#1,410

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
24,605
About
1 in 12,148
This common or more
43.7%
Who bears it

Of the 24,605 people with the last name Shafer, 90.8% reported their origin as White, 3.6% as two or more races and 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Spelled almost the same

8 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Shafer, most common first.

Also a first name

As a first name, Shafer ranks #36,405 of 53,615, with 218 people. See Shafer as a first name

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