How common is the surname Scanlan?

5,654 people in the United States had the surname Scanlan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 54,607 Americans. It ranked 6,068th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Scanlan?

In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Scanlan identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.2% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

Who is the most famous person named Scanlan?

Joanna Scanlan, British actress, followed by Susie Scanlan.

Where is the surname Scanlan most common?

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

Is the surname Scanlan getting more or less common?

More common. 5,310 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,654 in 2010, up 6.5%.

The surname Scanlan

An Irish surname, carried by 5,654 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S545

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Scanlan is more common than 96.3% of them.

Origin

Irish origin

Variant of Scanlon.

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 5,654 people named Scanlan in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 54,607 Americans. That is up 6.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,310.

#6,068

rank among US surnames

5,654

people in 2010

1.9

per 100,000 Americans

+6.5%

change since 2000 (was #5,969)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,059	Waits	5,661	54,539
#6,061	Dillman	5,660	54,549
#6,062	Boatright	5,659	54,558
#6,063	Rolon	5,658	54,568
#6,065	Thelen	5,657	54,578
#6,066	Fite	5,656	54,587
#6,067	Heintz	5,655	54,597

Who is named Scanlan

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

88% of people named Scanlan identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.2% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 3.6% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 88%
Asian and Pacific Islander 4.2%
Two or more races 3.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Scanlans

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Joanna Scanlan
British actress, born 1961
Susie Scanlan
American fencer, born 1990
Slushii
American DJ and music producer (born 1997)

Notable Scanlans come mostly from the United States (2) and the United Kingdom (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Scanlan

Scanlon

Scanlan has the Soundex code S545, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S545.

Other Irish surnames

All 880 Irish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Scanlan come from?: Variant of Scanlon.
How common is the surname Scanlan?: 5,654 people in the United States had the surname Scanlan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 54,607 Americans. It ranked 6,068th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Scanlan?: In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Scanlan identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.2% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
Who is the most famous person named Scanlan?: Joanna Scanlan, British actress, followed by Susie Scanlan.
Where is the surname Scanlan most common?: Wikidata records people named Scanlan in the United States and the United Kingdom.
Is the surname Scanlan getting more or less common?: More common. 5,310 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,654 in 2010, up 6.5%.