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Last name: SCHAEFER

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All you have to know about the last name SCHAEFER

Last name frequency

SCHAEFER : This last name is indexed 449,597 times on Geneanet!

Origin of last name

SCHAEFER : 1: German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) (Schäfer): occupational name for a shepherd from an agent derivative of German Schaf Middle High German schāf ‘sheep’. The surname Schäfer is also found in Hungary and Czechia. Compare Schafer and Schaffer 2.2: Dutch: of German origin (see 1 above). Compare Schaefers.

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Most indexed places

Sprendlingen, Starkenburg, Hesse-Darmstadt (4,596)
Missouri (2,924)
Laasphe, Westfalen (1,996)
Katholisch, Marlen, Offenburg, Baden (1,897)
Hoechst Odenwald, Starkenburg, Hesse-Darmstadt (1,884)
Ichenheim, Offenburg, Baden (1,854)
Wilferdingen, Karlsruhe, Baden (1,595)
Stuttgart, Württemberg (1,580)
Ilsfeld, Württemberg (1,533)
Stadtpfarrei Evangelisch, Darmstadt, Starkenburg, Hesse-Darm (1,525)
Katholisch, Iffezheim, Baden, Baden (1,503)
Katholisch,ergenzingen,schwarzwaldkreis,wuerttemberg (1,329)
Amsterdam (1,293)
Paris (1,238)
Roermond (1,207)
Duesseldorf Stadt,rheinland (1,175)
Hoefingen, Neckarkreis, Wuerttemberg (1,172)
New York (1,110)
Buoch, Württemberg (1,108)
Katholisch, Herrnsheim, Rheinhessen, Hesse-Darmstadt (1,084)
Germany (1,081)
Hannover, Hannover, Preußen (1,031)
Reutlingen, Württemberg (959)
Nöttingen, Baden (949)
Rimbach, Starkenburg, Hesse-Darmstadt (947)
Zuffenhausen, Neckarkreis, Wuerttemberg (939)
Strasbourg (931)
Katholisch, Grossrinderfeld, Mosbach, Baden (917)
Baltimore (915)
Roemisch-Katholische,heimersheim,rheinland (912)
Katholisch, Birndorf, Waldshut, Baden (901)
Naunheim, Hessen-Nassau, Preußen (886)
Speyer (867)
Bremen (862)
Steinbach Giessen, Oberhessen, Hesse-Darmstadt (851)
Netphen, Siegen, Westfalen, Preußen (781)
Schwelm, Westfalen (765)
Frankfurt (Main), Hessen-Nassau, Preußen (762)
Chicago (734)
Bronnweiler, Württemberg (728)
Nottingen, Karlsruhe, Baden (728)
Evangelisch-Reformierte,winterbach,pfalz,bavaria (686)
Katholisch,marlen,offenburg,baden (683)
Ohmenhausen, Württemberg (681)
New (672)
Reichelsheim Friedberg, Oberhessen, Hesse-Darms (654)
Kaiserslautern (649)
Katholisch,graach,rheinland (637)
Ensingen, Neckarkreis, Wuerttemberg (633)
Nonnenweier, Offenburg, Baden (626)
Bronnweiler,schwarzwaldkreis,wuerttemberg (619)
Frankfurt (Main), Hessen-Nassau, Preussen (617)
Evangelische,sembach,pfalz,bavaria (606)
Hattingen,westfalen (605)
Waldorf Coeln, Rheinland (602)
Heidelberg, Baden (599)
Katholisch, Betra, Hohenzollern (593)
Aplerbeck, Westfalen (590)
Katholisch,empfingen,hohenzollern (590)
Nauheim, Starkenburg, Hesse-Darmstadt (587)

Most indexed countries

Germany (354,953)
United States (40,160)
France (18,151)
Netherlands (6,617)
Switzerland (2,803)
Russian Federation (2,135)
Romania (1,900)
Hungary (1,310)
Brazil (1,193)
Denmark (998)
Austria (925)
Belgium (858)
Canada (848)
United Kingdom (833)
Luxembourg (818)
Australia (815)
Algeria (698)
Latvia (550)

Available collections for this name

Archives
(360,744)
Family Trees
(63,271)
Newspapers
(18,082)
Books
(5,411)
Other
(1,132)
Cemeteries
(403)
Magazines
(258)
Obituaries
(253)
Memorials
(39)
Coats of Arms
(4)