Schaufler

surname · Latin script

Meaning: Zu mhd. schûfel(e) ‚Schaufel‘; Berufsname als Nomen agentis auf -er, mit unumgelauteter/stemmvokalischer Variante

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

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

rarermore common
  • DEGermany≈1 in 78K(inferred from the name graph)
  • USUnited States1 in 889K
  • ATAustria≈1 in 17K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Germany (inferred from the name graph)

≈1,000 people, est.

Sources
114 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 17K (inferred from the name graph)

Austria, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

2 other spellings are counted as the same name:

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(measured from records)

recorded in German

Zu mhd. schûfel(e) ‚Schaufel‘; Berufsname als Nomen agentis auf -er, mit unumgelauteter/stemmvokalischer Variante. Die Karte zeigt Vokalvarianz und Entrundung. 595 Träger.

Sources 1

  • Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 1: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen I, Vokalismus

Attested across 5 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Schaufler 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 Schaufler is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
DE Germany—≈1,000 est.≈1 in 78K—Schaufler72
AT Austria—≈520 est.≈1 in 17K—Schaufler47
US United States—3741 in 889K374Schaufler114
CA Canada—≈44 est.≈1 in 848K—Schaufler12
SG Singapore—≈38 est.≈1 in 165K—Schaufler1
LS Lesotho#483≈35 est.≈1 in 56K—Schaufler1
IE Ireland—≈27 est.≈1 in 193K—Schaufler1

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: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010. 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)

Schaufler is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Spanish surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Argentina, United States, Cuba, Chile

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Schäufler

  • French surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, United States

    Also written Schäufler

29 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.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Schaufler is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In German, Entrundung von mhd. öu; Variantengruppe im Vokalismus. 5 Types/595 Tokens.

    as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 1: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen I, Vokalismus

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

194019601980Peter Schaufler, b. 1940Engelbert Schaufler, b. 1941Jacqueline Schaufler, b. 1944Hermann Schaufler, b. 1947Radovan Schaufler, b. 1959Matthias Schaufler, b. 1964Reiner Schaufler, b. 1964Edita Schaufler, b. 1980

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)

FormalDear Schaufler,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 12 sources across 6 countries.

Official registers attesting Schaufler
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010374#54,990
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020361#60,295
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000345#55,609
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 2

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 Schaufler?
A machine transcription gives /ˈʃaʊfəɫɝ/ (IPA) for English.
What does the name Schaufler mean?
Recorded meaning: Zu mhd. schûfel(e) ‚Schaufel‘; Berufsname als Nomen agentis auf -er, mit unumgelauteter/stemmvokalischer Variante.
In which country does Schaufler have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 1.0 thousand people named Schaufler in Germany, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled schaufler.
How common is the name Schaufler?
In the United States, the national register counted 374 people named Schaufler in 2010, about 1 in 889 thousand residents.
How common is Schaufler compared with other names?
In Lesotho, Schaufler is the 483rd most common surname of 5,753 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, “Schaufler” — the 483rd most common surname in Lesotho. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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