Cognomen Шафф (Shaff 
, Chaff 
, Schaff 
) , all around the world, is quite a common last name. The cognomen Шафф is characteristic of France, where it is quite a rare surname, Luxembourg, and the United States. Not in comparison with a country's population, it is the most numerous in the United States, France, and Germany. Very seldom, Шафф is the forename as well as the last name.
| VARIANT | COUNTRY |
|---|---|
| Shaff | South Africa, Canada, Kenya, Brazil, United States |
| Chaff | Morocco, France, Brazil, United States, United Kingdom |
| Schaff | Germany, Canada, France, Brazil, United States |
| Шафф | Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Russia |
| шафф, сергей вячеславович Kazakhstani association football player, KZ (b. 1988) |
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