# Scally (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/scally/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Irish.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Irish |
| Type | patronymic, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,293 |
| US rank (2010) | 20,512 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 238,782 people |
| Change since 2000 | +9.1% (1,185 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Skelly |

## Etymology

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Mac Scalaidhe, a patronymic surname from scolaidhe (“scholar”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Scally in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 93% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 1.1% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 4.6% |
| Two or more races | 1.2% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Scally in the United States.

## People named Scally

- Joe Scally, American soccer player

## Similar surnames

Scully, Scala, Scull, Scalia, Schell, Scholl, Salley, Slay, Schall, Sealy, Schill, Schley.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.