Schaffhausen

Schaffhausen Meaning & Origin

About Schaffhausen
The surname Schaffhausen is of German origin and is derived from the name of a city in Switzerland. It is a habitational surname, indicating that the original bearer of the name hailed from Schaffhausen. The name Schaffhausen is composed of two elements: "Schaff," meaning sheep, and "hausen," meaning houses or dwellings. Therefore, the surname Schaffhausen can be interpreted to mean "sheep houses" or "dwellings of sheep."

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Popularity

Surname Popularity by Ethnicity

The surname Schaffhausen is a unique entry in our records. Discover more about its distribution and characteristics:

  • Number of People with the name Schaffhausen: 110
  • Overall Popularity: Less than 0.01% (a rare surname)
  • Ranking: 149395
  • Frequency per 100k people: 0.04

Below is the ethnic distribution of the surname Schaffhausen based on recent US Census records. This is a brief glimpse into the diverse backgrounds of people carrying this surname.

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Pronunciation

📇 Metaphone
XFSN
🗽 NYSIIS
SA
🔊 Soundex
S2010205
🎵 Syllabic Pronunciation
SH AE1 F HH AW2 Z AH0 N
🌐 IPA
/schaffhausen*/
🔊 Double Metaphone
('XFSN', '')
🈯 Cross-Lingual Phonetic
S212

Accessibility & Communication

How to write the name Schaffhausen in Braille

Here's how to represent Schaffhausen in Braille, each pattern of raised dots corresponds to a letter in the name.

The name Schaffhausen in braille

How to sign the name Schaffhausen using Sign Language

The image below shows how you can spell Schaffhausen using American Sign Language (ASL). In sign language, each hand shape corresponds to a specific a letter of the name.

The name Schaffhausen in sign language

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