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    The surname Scaff

    A surname, carried by 604 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex S100

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Scaff is more common than 77.2% of them.

    Origin

    Various origins: * An English surname, perhaps a variant of Scaife. * Borrowed from Belgian Dutch Scaff. * A variant of Skaff, a Lebanese surname of Arabic origin. Possibly related to Arabic سَكَّاف (sakkāf, “shoemaker”).

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 604 people named Scaff in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 511,168 Americans. That is down 4.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 632.

    #36,970
    rank among US surnames
    604
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    -4.4%
    change since 2000 (was #33,993)

    Who is named Scaff

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    91% of people named Scaff identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.0% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 91%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 4.0%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
    • Two or more races 0.8%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Scaff

    Scaff has the Soundex code S100, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S100.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Scaff come from?
    Various origins: * An English surname, perhaps a variant of Scaife. * Borrowed from Belgian Dutch Scaff. * A variant of Skaff, a Lebanese surname of Arabic origin. Possibly related to Arabic سَكَّاف (sakkāf, “shoemaker”).
    How common is the surname Scaff?
    604 people in the United States had the surname Scaff in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 511,168 Americans. It ranked 36,970th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Scaff?
    In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Scaff identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.0% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Scaff getting more or less common?
    Less common. 632 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 604 in 2010, down 4.4%.