Scheffer Surname: Origin, Meaning & Coat of Arms

Spelled Scheffer, the surname still points back to Schaffer. Taken at its root, Scheffer points to “Shepherd / steward”.

• Scheffer writes “e” in place of the “a” found in Schaffer, a typical scribal difference.
• The Census Bureau's 2010 surname file lists Scheffer with 1,763 bearers, at rank 16,343. It sits among the 25,000 most common last names in the country. 1,155 people born in France between 1891 and 2000 carried the Scheffer name at birth.

Arms associated with the name

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