Family name שאוב (Schaub 
, שאוב 
) , globally, is a common cognomen. The cognomen שאוב is characteristic of Western Europe, particularly Switzerland, where it is quite a common surname, Germany, and Austria, where it is quite a rare surname. Not in comparison with a country's population, the name is most common in Germany, the United States, and Switzerland. Very seldom, שאוב is the forename as well as the last name.