Schoof (, ) is a Low Saxon surname. Its Standard German equivalent is Schoff. Schaub is a High German dialect variant. Related to the English verb to shove, it means a gathering of like things. For example, birds migrating together are said to fly in a Schoof. It is also related to the English noun sheaf, which is another specific meaning of the word Schoof.
Notable people with the surname include:
Dick Schoof (born 1957), Dutch prime minister from 2024 to 2026 Irene Schoof (born 1963), Dutch cricketer Lauritz Schoof (born 1990), German rower Manfred Schoof (born 1936), German jazz trumpet player René Schoof (born 1955), Dutch mathematician Sebastian Schoof (born 1980), German football player
See also Schoof cabinet Schoofs 17958 Schoof, a main-belt asteroid Schoof–Elkies–Atkin algorithm, extension of Schoof's algorithm by Noam Elkies and A. O. L. Atkin to improve its efficiency Schoof's algorithm, efficient algorithm to count points on elliptic curves over finite fields