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    The surname Scalise

    An Italian surname, carried by 3,551 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex S420

    Scalise: #9,186 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Scalise #9,186, 3,551 people Scalise: #9,186 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Scalise #9,186, 3,551 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Scalise is more common than 94.3% of them.

    Origin

    Italian origin

    Borrowed from Italian Scalise.

    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 3,551 people named Scalise in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 86,946 Americans. That is up 9.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,250.

    #9,186
    rank among US surnames
    3,551
    people in 2010
    1.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +9.3%
    change since 2000 (was #9,230)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #9,177Hearne3,55486,873
    #9,181Tasker3,55386,897
    #9,184Liberty3,55286,922
    #9,186Scalise3,55186,946
    #9,190Fetzer3,55086,971
    #9,192Jimerson3,54887,020
    #9,195Samano3,54787,044

    Who is named Scalise

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

    94% of people named Scalise identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.4%
    • Two or more races 1.1%
    • 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 Scalises

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Steve Scalise
      American politician (born 1965)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Scalise

    Scalise has the Soundex code S420, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S420.

    Other Italian surnames

    All 798 Italian surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Scalise come from?
    Borrowed from Italian Scalise.
    How common is the surname Scalise?
    3,551 people in the United States had the surname Scalise in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 86,946 Americans. It ranked 9,186th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Scalise?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Scalise identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Scalise?
    Steve Scalise, American politician (born 1965).
    Where is the surname Scalise most common?
    Wikidata records people named Scalise in the United States.
    Is the surname Scalise getting more or less common?
    More common. 3,250 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,551 in 2010, up 9.3%.