# Scholes (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/scholes/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A habitational surname from Old Norse.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Norse |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,771 |
| US rank (2010) | 16,284 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 174,334 people |
| Change since 2000 | +4.9% (1,688 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Scoles, Sholes |

## Etymology

Ultimately from Old Norse skáli (“hut, shed”). Doublet of Scales.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Scholes 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) | 93% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 1.8% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 1.2% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Scholes in the United States.

## People named Scholes

- Clarke Scholes, American swimmer (1930–2010)

## Similar surnames

Schulz, Schulze, Scholz, Schloss, Scales, Soles, Schalk, Soules, Scoles, Sholes, Schilke, Solis.

## 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.