# Schwab (surname)

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

A surname from German.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | German |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 16,870 |
| US rank (2010) | 2,152 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 18,301 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.3% (16,332 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ʃwɑb/, 1 syllable |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from German Schwab.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Schwab 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) | 2.1% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 1.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Schwab in the United States, Austria, Switzerland and Germany.

## People named Schwab

- Susan Schwab, 15th United States Trade Representative
- V. E. Schwab, American writer
- Fritz Schwab, athletics competitor (1919–2006)
- Stefan Schwab, Austrian association football player
- Charles M. Schwab, American steel magnate (1862–1939)
- Charles R. Schwab, American entrepreneur
- Werner Schwab, Austrian playwright (1958–1994)
- Erwin Schwab, amateur astronomer; asteroid discoverer
- Tiffany Million, American pornographic actress and professional wrestler

## Similar surnames

Schwabe, Schaub, Schaaf, Schaff, Schiavo, Scheib, Swaby, Schaap, Scheibe, Sapp, Shipp, Sabo.

## 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.