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shaft Name Meaning and History

German (Schaft): metonymic occupational name for a maker of wooden shafts for tools or weapons, from Middle High German, Middle Low German schaft.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4

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The shaft name in History

A unique volume of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary following the shaft family name as far back in history as possible.

shaft Family Facts

Name Distribution (US)Name Distribution (UK)Name Distribution (Scotland)Place of Origin Immigration Year Ports of Departure Life Expectancy Occupations Civil War Service

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Distribution of shaft Families in the US in 1920

Number of shaft families

16-29

6-15

1-5

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Thread	Author	Replies
Jane Parker Shaft	kjlid1	5
Charles E. SHAFT Biography, b. 1832 NY to WI	RMunns7272	0
Alice (Schaft)Shaft	gonewalkabout_ky	4
Nancy (Schaaf)Shaft	Lorraine Kapphahn	0
HAROLD SHAFT	Pirouettegrl1	1
Shaft in NY/MI	kirsten02	0
Mary Shaft m. James Tutt 1735 MA	texantwo	0
Hazel Shaft	ame1usn	31
John P. wives and children	Merl	1
Shaft	ferdinandy	0

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