How common is the surname Scalf?

3,433 people in the United States had the surname Scalf in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 89,935 Americans. It ranked 9,473rd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Scalf?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Scalf identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Scalf getting more or less common?

More common. 3,312 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,433 in 2010, up 3.7%.

The surname Scalf

A surname, carried by 3,433 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex S410

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Scalf is more common than 94.2% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,433 people named Scalf in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 89,935 Americans. That is up 3.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,312.

#9,473

rank among US surnames

3,433

people in 2010

1.2

per 100,000 Americans

+3.7%

change since 2000 (was #9,073)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,464	Cavallo	3,438	89,804
#9,466	Poulson	3,437	89,830
#9,471	Spradley	3,434	89,908
#9,473	Scalf	3,433	89,935
#9,479	Umanzor	3,432	89,961

Who is named Scalf

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

96% of people named Scalf identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
Two or more races 1.1%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Questions

How common is the surname Scalf?: 3,433 people in the United States had the surname Scalf in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 89,935 Americans. It ranked 9,473rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Scalf?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Scalf identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Scalf getting more or less common?: More common. 3,312 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,433 in 2010, up 3.7%.