# Scully (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/scully/  
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 | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 8,747 |
| US rank (2010) | 4,060 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 35,297 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.0% (8,578 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Sculley |

## Etymology

Reduced Anglicized spelling of Irish Ó Scolaidhe.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Scully 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) | 94% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 2.1% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.2% |
| Two or more races | 1.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Scully in the United States and Australia.

## People named Scully

- Vin Scully, American sportscaster (1927–2022)
- Peter Scully, Australian criminal, rapist and torturer
- Mike Scully, American writer and producer
- James Scully, American actor
- Francis Scully, American sailor
- Vincent Scully, American architectural historian (1920-2017)
- Marlan Scully, American physicist

## Similar surnames

Scull, Scally, Schell, Shull, Scholl, Schall, Schill, Schley, Sally, Sewell, Shelley, Shell.

## 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.