How common is the surname Scala?

3,537 people in the United States had the surname Scala in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 87,290 Americans. It ranked 9,212th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Scala?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Scala identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Scala?

Gia Scala, American actress (1934–1972).

Where is the surname Scala most common?

Wikidata records people named Scala in the United Kingdom.

How do you pronounce Scala?

Scala is /ˈskɑlɑ/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Scala getting more or less common?

More common. 3,261 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,537 in 2010, up 8.5%.

The surname Scala

An Italian surname, carried by 3,537 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈskɑlɑ/ 2 syllables Soundex S400

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Scala is more common than 94.3% of them.

Origin

Italian origin

* As an Italian surname, from Scala. * As a Slavic and Jewish surname, from Polish Skała, Czech Skála, Carpathian Rusyn and Slovak Skala.

One of 798 Italian surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,537 people named Scala in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 87,290 Americans. That is up 8.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,261.

#9,212

rank among US surnames

3,537

people in 2010

1.2

per 100,000 Americans

+8.5%

change since 2000 (was #9,198)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,209	Stutts	3,541	87,192
#9,210	Bankhead	3,540	87,216
#9,211	Lamontagne	3,539	87,241
#9,212	Yaeger	3,537	87,290
#9,217	Eide	3,536	87,315

Who is named Scala

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

93% of people named Scala identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5.0%
Two or more races 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Scalas

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Gia Scala
American actress (1934–1972)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Scala

Scala has the Soundex code S400, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S400.

Other Italian surnames

All 798 Italian surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Scala come from?: * As an Italian surname, from Scala. * As a Slavic and Jewish surname, from Polish Skała, Czech Skála, Carpathian Rusyn and Slovak Skala.
How common is the surname Scala?: 3,537 people in the United States had the surname Scala in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 87,290 Americans. It ranked 9,212th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Scala?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Scala identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Scala?: Gia Scala, American actress (1934–1972).
Where is the surname Scala most common?: Wikidata records people named Scala in the United Kingdom.
How do you pronounce Scala?: Scala is /ˈskɑlɑ/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Scala getting more or less common?: More common. 3,261 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,537 in 2010, up 8.5%.