Cognomen شافر (Shafer 
, Shaver 
, Szafer 
) , globally, is a common last name. The surname شافر is habitual in the United States, where it is quite a common surname, Canada, where it is quite a rare surname, and New Zealand. Not in comparison with a country's population, it most frequently occurs in the United States, Canada, and Poland. Very seldom, شافر is the forename as well as the last name.