How common is the surname Scally?

1,293 people in the United States had the surname Scally in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 238,782 Americans. It ranked 20,512th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Scally?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Scally identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Scally?

Joe Scally, American soccer player.

Where is the surname Scally most common?

Wikidata records people named Scally in the United States.

Is the surname Scally getting more or less common?

More common. 1,185 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,293 in 2010, up 9.1%.

The surname Scally

An Irish patronymic surname, carried by 1,293 people in the United States.

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). Scally is more common than 87.4% of them.

Origin

Irish origin

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

Scally is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

One of 880 Irish surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,293 people named Scally in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 238,782 Americans. That is up 9.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,185.

#20,512

rank among US surnames

1,293

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+9.1%

change since 2000 (was #20,744)

Who is named Scally

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

93% of people named Scally identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

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

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Scallys

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Joe Scally
American soccer player, born 2002

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Skelly

Surnames that sound like Scally

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

Other Irish surnames

All 880 Irish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Scally come from?: Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Mac Scalaidhe, a patronymic surname from scolaidhe (“scholar”).
How common is the surname Scally?: 1,293 people in the United States had the surname Scally in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 238,782 Americans. It ranked 20,512th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Scally?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Scally identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Scally?: Joe Scally, American soccer player.
Where is the surname Scally most common?: Wikidata records people named Scally in the United States.
What type of surname is Scally?: Scally is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname Scally getting more or less common?: More common. 1,185 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,293 in 2010, up 9.1%.
What are other spellings of Scally?: Skelly.