# Scanlan (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/scanlan/  
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 | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 5,654 |
| US rank (2010) | 6,068 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 54,607 people |
| Change since 2000 | +6.5% (5,310 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Variant of Scanlon.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Scanlan 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) | 88% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.9% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.8% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 4.2% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 3.6% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Scanlan in the United States and the United Kingdom.

## People named Scanlan

- Joanna Scanlan, British actress
- Susie Scanlan, American fencer
- Slushii, American DJ and music producer (born 1997)

## Similar surnames

Scanlon, Snelling, Smolinski, Sumlin, Smalling, Smolen, Schmeling, Snellings, Smullen, Smallman.

## 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.