How common is the surname Scarborough?

12,252 people in the United States had the surname Scarborough in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 25,200 Americans. It ranked 2,925th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Scarborough?

Joe Scarborough, American television host and politician (born 1963), followed by Adrian Scarborough.

Where is the surname Scarborough most common?

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

How do you pronounce Scarborough?

Scarborough is /ˈskɑɹbəɹoʊ/, 3 syllables.

Is the surname Scarborough getting more or less common?

More common. 11,941 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 12,252 in 2010, up 2.6%.

What are other spellings of Scarborough?

Scarboro, Scarbro and Scarbrough.

The surname Scarborough

A Norse place surname, carried by 12,252 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈskɑɹbəɹoʊ/ 3 syllables Soundex S616

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Scarborough is more common than 98.2% of them.

Origin

Norse origin

From the Old Norse personal name Skarði + borg (“fortress”).

Scarborough is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

One of 126 Norse surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 12,252 people named Scarborough in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 25,200 Americans. That is up 2.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 11,941.

#2,925

rank among US surnames

12,252

people in 2010

4.2

per 100,000 Americans

+2.6%

change since 2000 (was #2,773)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#2,916	Swann	12,293	25,116
#2,917	Alicea	12,287	25,128
#2,918	Broughton	12,273	25,156
#2,919	Oglesby	12,271	25,161
#2,920	Cáceres	12,269	25,165
#2,921	Braxton	12,268	25,167
#2,922	Ashton	12,263	25,177

Who is named Scarborough

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

80% of people named Scarborough identified as white (not Hispanic), 15% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 80%
Black (not Hispanic) 15%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
Two or more races 1.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Scarboroughs

5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Joe Scarborough
American television host and politician (born 1963)
Adrian Scarborough
British actor (born 1968)
Andrew Scarborough
Actor, born 1973
Dorothy Scarborough
American writer, 1878–1935
Steven Scarborough
American pornographic film director, born 1954

Notable Scarboroughs come mostly from the United States (3) and the United Kingdom (2).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Variant spellings

Surnames that sound like Scarborough

Scarborough has the Soundex code S616, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S616.

Other Norse surnames

All 126 Norse surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Scarborough come from?: From the Old Norse personal name Skarði + borg (“fortress”).
How common is the surname Scarborough?: 12,252 people in the United States had the surname Scarborough in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 25,200 Americans. It ranked 2,925th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Scarborough?: In the 2010 Census, 80% of people named Scarborough identified as white (not Hispanic), and 15% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Scarborough?: Joe Scarborough, American television host and politician (born 1963), followed by Adrian Scarborough.
Where is the surname Scarborough most common?: Wikidata records people named Scarborough in the United States and the United Kingdom.
How do you pronounce Scarborough?: Scarborough is /ˈskɑɹbəɹoʊ/, 3 syllables.
What type of surname is Scarborough?: Scarborough is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Scarborough getting more or less common?: More common. 11,941 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 12,252 in 2010, up 2.6%.
What are other spellings of Scarborough?: Scarboro, Scarbro and Scarbrough.