# Schau (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/schau/  
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 | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 827 |
| US rank (2010) | 28,777 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 373,332 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.4% (800 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Two main origins: * Borrowed from North German Schau, a variant of Schuh. * Borrowed from Norwegian Schau, a variant of Skau, a topographic surname from skau (“forest”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Schau 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% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.7% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.3% |
| Two or more races | 0.8% |

## Similar surnames

Schuh, Socha, Sha, Shaw, Shah, Shea, Seay, Su, Shi, Shay, See, So.

## 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.