Shaft is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Shaft
No. of characters: 5
Origin: United States
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Shaft

How popular is Shaft?

Shaft is ranked 356463 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Shafts plummeted by 5.787037 per cent to 407 since 2000 and slipped by 4750 spots and ranked at 51176. The last name was found in around 1 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 95.09 94.21
Black 1.72 2.31
Shaft is a very rare family name, few people in United States and Israel have the last name. Around 781 people have been found who wears Shaft as their family name. Shaft is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
746,494 India7
5,859 Mauritius2
33,202 Saudi Arabia2
41,879 Turkey2
21,929 Algeria2
65,594 Belgium2
131,225 Spain2
139,444 Brazil2
62,864 New Zealand1
6,820 Angola1
123,175 Tanzania1
7,790 Zambia1
30,360 Thailand1
83,428 United Arab Emirates1
107,212 South Africa1
36,678 Singapore1
3,350 Fiji1
19,810 Croatia1
17,236 Ghana1
28,365 Kenya1
12,270 Lebanon1
4,942 Libya1
12,745 Luxembourg1
120,357 Argentina1
118,015 Netherlands1
11,510 Oman1
38,841 Scotland1
25,721 Egypt1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
83,908 England38
133,639 Canada18
14,048 Ireland16
120,934 Australia11
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
117,149 France73
14,658 Israel71
Countries with hundreds of Shaft:
51,473 United States513
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Shaft Namesakes

  • James McMillan Shafter, Politician
  • Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury, Earl of Shaftesbury
  • Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury, Earl of Shaftesbury
  • Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury, Earl of Shaftesbury
  • Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury, Earl of Shaftesbury
  • Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury, Politician
  • Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury, Earl of Shaftesbury
  • Josef Shaftel, Film producer
  • Bobby Shafto, Member of Parliament
  • Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury, Earl of Shaftesbury

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