Tracing the Schachter Family Name

Counting heads is the honest place to start with Schachter. Smith's 1956 dictionary gives the meaning “one who slaughtered animals, and cut and sold meat, a butcher”.

According to the 2010 US Census, the Schachter surname had 1,226 bearers.

Coats of arms were borne by individual families. If arms are recorded under the Schachter name, our researchers explain whose they were and how they were blazoned. Get the complete Schachter report, with a museum-style coat of arms.