# Schaal (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/schaal/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,984 |
| US rank (2010) | 14,920 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 155,618 people |
| Change since 2000 | -1.2% (2,009 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* As a German surname, from Schaala in Thüringen, from Old High German scalaha (“dirty water”) (compare Schale (“peel”), or Schlamm (“mud”)). Also from Schaalsee, a lake near Ratzeburg, itself probably related to the noun meaning "bowl." * As a German and Dutch surname, from the noun Schale (“dish”). * Also as a Dutch surname Van der Schaal, from the obsolete adjective schald (“shallow”), see shallow.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Schaal in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 96% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.9% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.3% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 1.2% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Schaal in the United States.

## People named Schaal

- Kristen Schaal, American actress
- Wendy Schaal, American actress
- Richard Schaal, American actor, comedian (1928-2014)

## Similar surnames

Schell, Scholl, Schall, Scheel, Schill, Schley, Scheele, Schiele, Schlee, Scala, Scalia, Shaul.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.