How common is the surname Scully?

8,747 people in the United States had the surname Scully in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 35,297 Americans. It ranked 4,060th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Scully?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Scully identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Scully?

Vin Scully, American sportscaster (1927–2022), followed by Peter Scully.

Where is the surname Scully most common?

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

Is the surname Scully getting more or less common?

More common. 8,578 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,747 in 2010, up 2.0%.

The surname Scully

An Irish surname, carried by 8,747 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). Scully is more common than 97.5% of them.

Origin

Irish origin

Reduced Anglicized spelling of Irish Ó Scolaidhe.

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 8,747 people named Scully in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 35,297 Americans. That is up 2.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 8,578.

#4,060

rank among US surnames

8,747

people in 2010

3.0

per 100,000 Americans

+2%

change since 2000 (was #3,796)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,051	Back	8,762	35,237
#4,052	Arsenault	8,760	35,245
#4,053	Spring	8,757	35,257
#4,054	Winstead	8,756	35,261
#4,055	Mount	8,754	35,269
#4,056	Munn	8,751	35,281
#4,057	Iniguez	8,750	35,285

Who is named Scully

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

94% of people named Scully identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.1% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.1%
Two or more races 1.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Scullys

7 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Vin Scully
American sportscaster (1927–2022)
Peter Scully
Australian criminal, rapist and torturer, born 1963
Mike Scully
American writer and producer, born 1956
James Scully
American actor, born 1992
Francis Scully
American sailor, 1925–1998
Vincent Scully
American architectural historian (1920-2017)
Marlan Scully
American physicist, born 1939

Notable Scullys come mostly from the United States (6) and Australia (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Variant spellings

Sculley

Surnames that sound like Scully

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

Other Irish surnames

All 880 Irish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Scully come from?: Reduced Anglicized spelling of Irish Ó Scolaidhe.
How common is the surname Scully?: 8,747 people in the United States had the surname Scully in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 35,297 Americans. It ranked 4,060th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Scully?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Scully identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Scully?: Vin Scully, American sportscaster (1927–2022), followed by Peter Scully.
Where is the surname Scully most common?: Wikidata records people named Scully in the United States and Australia.
Is the surname Scully getting more or less common?: More common. 8,578 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,747 in 2010, up 2.0%.
What are other spellings of Scully?: Sculley.