Scale Surname
Approximately 1,886 people bear this surname
Scale Surname Definition:
Scale: (Old Norse skali), a wooden house: Winterscales in Yorkshire. Surname Scales.
Scale Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 836 | 1:20,477 | 3,173 |
| United States | 187 | 1:1,938,283 | 125,322 |
| Jamaica | 174 | 1:16,494 | 1,539 |
| England | 127 | 1:438,725 | 29,288 |
| Canada | 89 | 1:413,995 | 36,402 |
| Wales | 82 | 1:37,738 | 3,712 |
| Australia | 68 | 1:396,996 | 32,204 |
| Nigeria | 63 | 1:2,811,790 | 89,258 |
| Argentina | 48 | 1:890,488 | 57,418 |
| Zimbabwe | 38 | 1:406,269 | 36,425 |
| Netherlands | 27 | 1:625,451 | 53,034 |
| Germany | 25 | 1:3,220,218 | 147,383 |
| Pakistan | 19 | 1:9,402,310 | 46,838 |
| Iran | 19 | 1:4,041,185 | 108,332 |
| India | 12 | 1:63,922,115 | 578,870 |
| Brazil | 10 | 1:21,407,433 | 350,627 |
| Italy | 10 | 1:6,115,669 | 111,715 |
| Egypt | 9 | 1:10,215,084 | 48,153 |
| Thailand | 9 | 1:7,848,705 | 447,191 |
| Indonesia | 5 | 1:26,449,839 | 597,308 |
| France | 5 | 1:13,284,544 | 357,392 |
| China | 5 | 1:273,464,313 | 13,838 |
| Sierra Leone | 4 | 1:1,772,408 | 958 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 15 | 1:295,324 | 11,912 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 111 | 1:219,598 | 16,839 |
| Wales | 70 | 1:22,406 | 1,290 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 103 | 1:487,560 | 34,505 |
The alternate forms: Scalé (6) are calculated separately.
Scale (152) may also be a first name.
Scale Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Scale: (Old Norse skali), a wooden house: Winterscales in Yorkshire. Surname Scales.
Scale Demographics
Average Scale Salary in
United States
$38,388 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Scale Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Scale Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Scale occurs in Malawi more than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms: Scalé. Click here for other possible spellings of Scale.
How Common Is The Last Name Scale? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 217,420th most widely held surname throughout the world, held by around 1 in 3,864,022 people. The last name Scale is predominantly found in Africa, where 51 percent of Scale are found; 46 percent are found in Southern Africa and 46 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Scale is also the 746,252nd most frequently held given name internationally. It is borne by 152 people.
The surname Scale is most prevalent in Malawi, where it is held by 836 people, or 1 in 20,477. Without taking into account Malawi Scale is found in 35 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 10 percent reside and Jamaica, where 9 percent reside.
Scale Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Scale has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Scale surname rose 182 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 114 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it rose 117 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Scale Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Scale last name is principally Catholic (80%) in Ireland.
In The United States Scale are 27.52% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 74.29% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Scale earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 11.03% less than the national average, earning $38,388 USD per year and in Canada they earn 11.65% more than the national average, earning $55,473 CAD per year.
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Scale Reference & Research
Scales DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.
Scales FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Descriptions may contain details on the name's etymology, origin, ethnicity and history. They are largely reproduced from 3rd party sources; diligence is advised on accepting their validity - more information
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Scale
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