How common is the surname Scola?

1,198 people in the United States had the surname Scola in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 257,717 Americans. It ranked 21,717th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Scola?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Scola identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Scola?

Luis Scola, Argentine basketball player (born 1980).

Where is the surname Scola most common?

Wikidata records people named Scola in Spain.

Is the surname Scola getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,296 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,198 in 2010, down 7.6%.

The surname Scola

A surname, carried by 1,198 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S400

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Scola is more common than 86.6% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,198 people named Scola in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 257,717 Americans. That is down 7.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,296.

#21,717

rank among US surnames

1,198

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

-7.6%

change since 2000 (was #19,343)

Who is named Scola

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

96% of people named Scola identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Two or more races 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Scolas

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Luis Scola
Argentine basketball player (born 1980)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Scola

Scola has the Soundex code S400, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S400.

Questions

How common is the surname Scola?: 1,198 people in the United States had the surname Scola in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 257,717 Americans. It ranked 21,717th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Scola?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Scola identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Scola?: Luis Scola, Argentine basketball player (born 1980).
Where is the surname Scola most common?: Wikidata records people named Scola in Spain.
Is the surname Scola getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,296 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,198 in 2010, down 7.6%.