Shafto is a surname. The Shafto family origins can be traced back to the Ffolliot family, who were established by the 14th century at Shafto Crag, Northumberland and adopted the alternative surname of Shafto. The following people have the name Shafto:
Bobby Shafto, 18th century British Member of Parliament (MP), the likeliest subject of a famous North East English folk songHenry Shafto Harrison (1810–92) was a 19th-century Member of Parliament in Wanganui, New ZealandRobert Duncombe Shafto (1796–1888), British Liberal Party politicianRobert Eden Duncombe Shafto (1776–1848), British politician from Whitworth Hall, Spennymoor, County DurhamRobert Shafto (1690–1729) (1690–1729), British politician from Whitworth Hall, Spennymoor, County Durham