# Scannell (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/scannell/  
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) | 2,684 |
| US rank (2010) | 11,679 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 115,032 people |
| Change since 2000 | -1.0% (2,712 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Scannail (“descendant of Scannal”), a byname meaning "contention".

## Who carries it

Share of people named Scannell 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) | 95% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.2% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.6% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.2% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 1.8% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Scannell in the United States.

## People named Scannell

- Kevin Scannell, American academic and linguist

## Similar surnames

Snell, Schnell, Small, Samuel, Smiley, Smalley, Smail, Shanley, Schimmel, Schmoll, Shemwell, Smeal.

## 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.