Last name: SCHAFF
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Last name frequency
SCHAFF : This last name is indexed 39,043 times on Geneanet!Origin of last name
SCHAFF : 1: German: variant of Schaaf.2: Jewish (Ashkenazic): artificial or occupational name from German Schaf ‘sheep’.3: German: metonymic occupational name for a tubmaker from Middle High German schaff(e) ‘wooden vessel scoop’ (see Scheffel).
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- Lambach, 57410 (1,441)
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- Pantin (125)
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- Rolbing (105)
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- United Kingdom (147)
- Algeria (144)
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- Canada (63)
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