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The Schaub surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 6,027 people carried this name — #5,749 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 49,000 people counted. That is up 1% from 5,951 in 2000.

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In Switzerland’s population statistics

2,900 people named Schaub live in Switzerland.

They live in 23 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Basel-Landschaft.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Basel-Landschaft 1,038
Zurich 485
Aargau 260
Basel-Stadt 218
Bern 181
Lucerne 113
Solothurn 105
St. Gallen 90

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 484 people named Schaub.

47 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 38 départements, most often Haut-Rhin.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 47
Haut-Rhin 100
Bas-Rhin 100
Moselle 76
Paris 38
Meurthe-et-Moselle 21
Nord 14
Vosges 9
Hauts-de-Seine 8

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 108 people named Schaub live in Argentina.

RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Santa Fe.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Santa Fe 65
Buenos Aires Province 32
Córdoba 11

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In the Nordic population registers

62 people named Schaub is counted in Sweden.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 62

Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).

In print

Schaub in American newspapers,
1896–1922.

Newspaper page from The Anaconda Standard carrying the name Schaub
The Anaconda Standard 1896-08-22
Newspaper page from The Bozeman Courier carrying the name Schaub
The Bozeman Courier 1922-10-18
Newspaper page from The Logan Republican carrying the name Schaub
The Logan Republican 1913-03-08

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 21,824 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Schaub,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Luke Schaub
    Luke Schaub 1690–1758 · jurist
  • Wilhelm Schaub
    Wilhelm Schaub 1861–1934 · architect
  • Wilhelm Schaub
    Wilhelm Schaub 1861–1934 · architect
  • Amelia Henrietta Schaub d. 1829
  • Eduard Schaub d. 1887
  • Jean-Jacques Schaub 1773–1825 · mathematician

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

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Surnames next to Schaub.

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