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    The surname Scullion

    An Irish surname, carried by 895 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex S450

    Scullion: #27,059 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Scullion #27,059, 895 people Scullion: #27,059 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Scullion #27,059, 895 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Scullion is more common than 83.3% of them.

    Origin

    Irish origin

    Probably a reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Scoláidhín, a diminutive form of scolaidhe (“student”).

    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 895 people named Scullion in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 344,967 Americans. That is up 10% since 2000, when the Census counted 813.

    #27,059
    rank among US surnames
    895
    people in 2010
    0.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +10.1%
    change since 2000 (was #27,821)

    Who is named Scullion

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

    96% of people named Scullion identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Two or more races 2.0%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.7%
    • 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.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Variant spellings

    • Scallion

    Surnames that sound like Scullion

    Scullion has the Soundex code S450, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S450.

    Other Irish surnames

    All 880 Irish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Scullion come from?
    Probably a reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Scoláidhín, a diminutive form of scolaidhe (“student”).
    How common is the surname Scullion?
    895 people in the United States had the surname Scullion in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 344,967 Americans. It ranked 27,059th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Scullion?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Scullion identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as two or more races.
    Is the surname Scullion getting more or less common?
    More common. 813 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 895 in 2010, up 10%.
    What are other spellings of Scullion?
    Scallion.