The Schäper Last Name

Schäper is a spelling of the German surname Schäfer. The family name meaning is “Shepherd”, the same as for Schäfer.

Spelling and variants

Schäper writes “p” in place of the “f” found in Schäfer, a common scribal difference. Regional accents shaped spellings long before dictionaries fixed them. The same family of names includes Schaeper, Scheper and Schafhirt.

According to the 2010 US Census, the Schäper surname had 2,498 bearers. It sits among the 25,000 most common last names in the country.

Heraldry and the Schäper name

There is no single Schäper family crest for every bearer. Herald Lab researches the arms historically associated with the name and explains whose they were.

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