The Schachtmann Last Name

Schachtmann is a familiar spelling of the German name Schacht.

The family name meaning is “A miner, or someone living by a shaft or a ridge”, the same as for Schacht. The ending -mann in Schachtmann is a typical German derivative of the root behind Schacht. Census takers and immigration officers often wrote what they heard. Other spellings include Schachten, Schachtmaier and Schach.

Family crest and blazon

A coat of arms belongs to a particular family line rather than to everyone named Schachtmann, so the heraldry linked to Schacht is a starting point, not an automatic right.

Get the complete Schachtmann report, with a museum-style coat of arms.