Schau Family History
Schau Name Meaning
German: northern variant of Schuh . North German: habitational name from a place so named in Schleswig-Holstein. German: probably also an occupational name for an official inspector of wares and products (at markets etc.) from Middle High German schou(we) ‘sight show inspection’. Norwegian: habitational name from any of several farmsteads in southeastern Norway named Skau from Old Norse skógr ‘wood forest’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022