Schafer Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

Hunts and Rutland 0
London 14
Yorkshire 1
Anglesey 0
Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Brecknockshire 0
Berkshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
Middlesex 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0

Schafer Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Schafer family

Profession Census Frequency
Ag Lab 1
Fs 1
General Dealer 1
Journeyman 1
Leather Case Maker 1
Mangler 1
Shoe Maker 1
Tailor 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Schafer

Name Census Frequency
Henry Schafer 69
William Schafer 57
John Schafer 49
Frederick Schafer 44
Charles Schafer 38
Mary Schafer 34
Elizabeth Schafer 30
Alice Schafer 26
George Schafer 25
Louisa Schafer 25
Albert Schafer 22
Catherine Schafer 20
Ernest Schafer 20
Margaret Schafer 20
Sarah Schafer 18
Caroline Schafer 17
James Schafer 17
Eliza Schafer 16
Annie Schafer 15
Sophia Schafer 15
Jacob Schafer 14
Ellen Schafer 13
Maria Schafer 13
Alfred Schafer 12
Thomas Schafer 12

Schafer Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Schafer 100% 1,335
2 Schaffer 88% 793
3 Schaefer 88% 310
4 Shaffer 71% 211

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