Shcherba, Ščerba, Scherbo, or Szczerba is a Slavic-language surname.
It has the same form for both genders in most languages, except Czech and Slovak.
The word means "gap", "dent", or "nick" in some languages such as Polish.
[1] In Ukraine, it is also a term for certain kinds of soup.
[2] Related surnames include Shcherbak, Shcherbakov, and Shcherban.