How common is the last name Shaffer?

57,111 people in the United States have the last name Shaffer, about 1 in 5,234. It ranks #577 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

SHAFFER

#577

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
57,111
About
1 in 5,234
This common or more
33.5%
Who bears it

Of the 57,111 people with the last name Shaffer, 90.1% reported their origin as White, 3.6% as two or more races and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Shaffer

#575 Patrick · 57,411#576 Lozano · 57,179#578 Mora · 57,092#579 Nash · 57,028

Spelled almost the same

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

#1,410 Shafer · 24,605#2,209 Shaver · 16,035#8,190 Sheaffer · 3,875#9,112 Sheffer · 3,446#11,733 Shawver · 2,555#12,925 Shaeffer · 2,273#22,647 Shiffer · 1,162#45,060 Shaefer · 512

Also a first name

As a first name, Shaffer ranks #37,938 of 53,615, with 204 people. See Shaffer as a first name

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