How common is the surname Scanlon?

11,610 people in the United States had the surname Scanlon in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 26,593 Americans. It ranked 3,101st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Scanlon?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Scanlon identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Scanlon?

Dan Scanlon, American animator, followed by Bill Scanlon.

Where is the surname Scanlon most common?

Wikidata records people named Scanlon in the United States.

How do you pronounce Scanlon?

Scanlon is /ˈskænlən/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Scanlon getting more or less common?

Less common. 11,635 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 11,610 in 2010, down 0.2%.

The surname Scanlon

An Irish patronymic surname, carried by 11,610 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈskænlən/ 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). Scanlon is more common than 98.1% of them.

Origin

Irish origin

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Scannláin (“descendant of Scannlán”), a personal name derived from a diminutive of Scannal. Compare Scannell.

Scanlon 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 11,610 people named Scanlon in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 26,593 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 11,635.

#3,101

rank among US surnames

11,610

people in 2010

3.9

per 100,000 Americans

-0.2%

change since 2000 (was #2,820)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,092	Boland	11,631	26,545
#3,093	Spain	11,628	26,552
#3,094	Jain	11,626	26,556
#3,095	Cowart	11,621	26,568
#3,096	Brothers	11,619	26,572
#3,097	Fine	11,618	26,575
#3,098	Alcaraz	11,616	26,579

Who is named Scanlon

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

95% of people named Scanlon identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Two or more races 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Scanlons

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Dan Scanlon
American animator, born 1976
Bill Scanlon
American tennis player (1956-2021)

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Scanlan
Scantlin

Surnames that sound like Scanlon

Scanlan

Scanlon 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 Scanlon come from?: Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Scannláin (“descendant of Scannlán”), a personal name derived from a diminutive of Scannal. Compare Scannell.
How common is the surname Scanlon?: 11,610 people in the United States had the surname Scanlon in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 26,593 Americans. It ranked 3,101st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Scanlon?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Scanlon identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Scanlon?: Dan Scanlon, American animator, followed by Bill Scanlon.
Where is the surname Scanlon most common?: Wikidata records people named Scanlon in the United States.
How do you pronounce Scanlon?: Scanlon is /ˈskænlən/, 2 syllables.
What type of surname is Scanlon?: Scanlon is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname Scanlon getting more or less common?: Less common. 11,635 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 11,610 in 2010, down 0.2%.
What are other spellings of Scanlon?: Scanlan and Scantlin.