Last name Schaffter (Schaffter 
) , across the world, is quite a rare surname. The surname Schaffter is characteristic of Sri Lanka, where it is quite a common surname, Switzerland, where it is quite a rare surname, and Finland, where it is a rare surname. Not in comparison with a country's population, it is the most numerous in Sri Lanka, Switzerland, and the United States. Much less frequently, Schaffter is the forename as well as the last name.
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| Schaffter | Switzerland, France, United States, Sri Lanka, Canada |
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albert schaffter (1823-1897), CH (b. 1823) |
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| peter paul schaffter (b. 1801) |
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roger schaffter Swiss politician (1917-1998), CH (b. 1917) |
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| chandra schaffter Sri Lankan cricketer, LK (b. 1930) |
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| helinä schaffter FI (b. 1924) |
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| laurent schaffter Swiss politician, CH (b. 1947) |
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| stéphane schaffter Swiss mountaineer and mountain guide (1953-2015), CH (b. 1953) |
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| olivier schaffter Swiss sportsperson, CH (b. 1964) |
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| prakash schaffter Sri Lankan cricketer, cricket administrator, and businessman (b. 1967) |
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| samuel w schaffter researcher (ORCID 0000-0002-7259-7374) |
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| thomas lee schaffter Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley 1975 |
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