Schapiro: Last Name Origin and Family Crest

Ancestors listed as Schapiro are often found as Shapiro a generation earlier. At root, the name means “From Speyer”.

Spelling and variants

Schapiro is listed among the recognised spellings of Shapiro. Spellings drifted because names were written down by ear in parish books, tax rolls and passenger lists. Related forms: Shapira, Spiro and Saphir.

Surname statistics

Schapiro ranked 24,747 in the 2010 US Census, with 1,007 people answering to the name. It sits within the 25,000 most common last names in the country.

Heraldry and the Schapiro name

Arms linked to Shapiro and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to.

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