The shoaf Surname
shoaf Name Meaning and History
Possibly an Americanized form of German Schauf(f), from the
Swabian for ‘sheep’, hence probably a metonymic occupational name for
a shepherd or a nickname for someone thought to resemble a sheep in
some way. Compare Shoaff.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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