Schläpfer

surname · Latin script

/ʃlɛpfɐ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Schläpfer is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Switzerland than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 2.4Mas Schlaepfer(measured from records)
  • CHSwitzerland1 in 3.4K
  • NZNew Zealand≈1 in 301Kas Schlaepfer

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Schläpfer itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Switzerland (measured from records)

2,479 people, 2024

Sources
113 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 3.4K (inferred from the name graph)

Switzerland

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

SchlaepferLatin(measured from records)

Locally spelled Schlaepfer in CH Switzerland, US United States, DE Germany and 4 more.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Attested across 13 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Schläpfer counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Schläpfer is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
CH Switzerland#8372,4791 in 3.4K2.5KSchlaepfer50
US United States—136as Schlaepfer1 in 2.4M137Schlaepfer113
DE Germany—≈51 est.≈1 in 1.6M—Schlaepfer23
GB United Kingdom—≈35 est.≈1 in 1.9M30Schlaepfer26
CA Canada—≈30 est.≈1 in 1.3M—Schlaepfer15
NL Netherlands—22as Schlaepfer1 in 785K22Schlaepfer7
NZ New Zealand—≈16 est.≈1 in 301K—Schlaepfer13

2,479 people counted by BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames), 2024, counting the spelling schläpfer. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register); CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Schläpfer is also recorded as 7 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Schlapfer

  • English surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Australia

    Also written Schlapfer

  • Italian surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Switzerland

    Also written Schlapfer

  • French surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Switzerland, France, United States

    Also written Schlapfer

  • Croatian surname8 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Switzerland, Croatia

    Also written Schlapfer

  • Norwegian surname5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Switzerland

    Languages: Norwegian, Danish

    Also written Schlapfer

  • German surname5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Switzerland, United States, Brazil, Germany

    Languages: German, Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Schlapfer

13 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

175018001850190019502000Johann Jakob Schläpfer, b. 1789Georg Schläpfer, b. 1797Paul Schläpfer, b. 1881Robert Schläpfer, b. 1923Otto Schläpfer, b. 1931Marianne Kleiner, b. 1947Martin Schläpfer, b. 1959Therese Schläpfer, b. 1959Thomas Schläpfer, b. 1959Kevin Schläpfer, b. 1969

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalSehr geehrte Damen und Herren,Dear Schläpfer, (English)
InformalSehr geehrte Damen und Herren,Hello, (English)

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 5 sources across 3 countries.

Official registers attesting Schläpfer
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
CH SwitzerlandBFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames)20242.5K#355

Reference works 1

  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

How do you pronounce Schläpfer?
A machine transcription gives /ʃlɛpfɐ/ (IPA) for German.
In which country does Schläpfer have the most bearers?
In Switzerland, the national register counted about 2.5 thousand people named Schläpfer, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled schlaepfer.
Where is Schläpfer most common?
Schläpfer is densest in Switzerland, where the national register counts about 1 in 3.4 thousand people carrying it.
How common is the name Schläpfer?
In Switzerland, the national register counted 2,479 people named Schläpfer in 2024, about 1 in 3.4 thousand residents.
How common is Schläpfer compared with other names?
In Switzerland, Schläpfer is the 837th most common surname of 127,759 surnames recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Schläpfer” — the 837th most common surname in Switzerland. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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