The schwab Surname
schwab Name Meaning and History
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): regional name for someone from
Swabia (German Schwaben), from Middle High German
Swap, German Schwabe ‘Swabian’. The region takes its
name from a Germanic tribe recorded from the 1st century bc
in the Latin form Suebi or Suevi, of uncertain origin;
it was an independent duchy from the 10th century until 1313, when the
territory was broken up.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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