Family name Šachta (Schacht 
, Šachta 
) , worldwide, is a common last name. The surname Šachta is characteristic of Germany, where it is quite a rare surname, Belgium, and Denmark. Not in comparison with a country's population, this name is the most popular in Germany, the United States, and Belgium.
| VARIANT | COUNTRY |
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| Schacht | Germany, Japan, Belgium, United States, Brazil |
| Šachta | Czechia |
| josef šachta (b. 1927) |
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| drahomír šachta Czech lawyer, CZ (b. 1953) |
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