Scales Surname
Approximately 22,787 people bear this surname
Scales Surname Definition:
Local. There are places of this name in Cumberland and Westmorland. Harbert Skaillis of Chubtricknaul, Dumfriesshire, 1626 (Dumfries). Nicolas Skailles in Chirnsyde, 1680 (Lauder). One of my nurses in the hospital in New York (1934) was a Miss Scales of Scots parentage.
Read More About This SurnameScales Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 16,818 | 1:21,552 | 2,720 |
| England | 3,421 | 1:16,287 | 2,361 |
| Australia | 1,249 | 1:21,614 | 2,993 |
| Canada | 528 | 1:69,783 | 8,002 |
| Ireland | 246 | 1:19,142 | 2,009 |
| New Zealand | 90 | 1:50,315 | 8,125 |
| Scotland | 87 | 1:61,538 | 5,001 |
| South Africa | 58 | 1:934,098 | 59,404 |
| Wales | 49 | 1:63,154 | 5,613 |
| Botswana | 44 | 1:49,703 | 9,263 |
| Israel | 23 | 1:372,071 | 30,321 |
| Northern Ireland | 21 | 1:87,859 | 5,745 |
| Denmark | 16 | 1:352,795 | 24,706 |
| Germany | 14 | 1:5,750,390 | 205,224 |
| India | 12 | 1:63,922,115 | 578,870 |
| Zimbabwe | 11 | 1:1,403,476 | 76,064 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 9 | 1:11,019 | 1,084 |
| Jamaica | 9 | 1:318,883 | 8,136 |
| Brazil | 8 | 1:26,759,292 | 405,030 |
| Netherlands | 7 | 1:2,412,454 | 94,797 |
| Thailand | 6 | 1:11,773,058 | 553,295 |
| Russia | 6 | 1:24,020,509 | 493,300 |
| Pakistan | 5 | 1:35,728,777 | 102,388 |
| France | 5 | 1:13,284,544 | 357,392 |
| Philippines | 4 | 1:25,309,556 | 279,062 |
| Spain | 4 | 1:11,688,009 | 116,470 |
| Czechia | 3 | 1:3,544,490 | 144,714 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 3 | 1:36,792 | 4,502 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| Belarus | 2 | 1:4,750,530 | 139,516 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Hong Kong | 2 | 1:3,667,742 | 11,574 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Northern Cyprus | 1 | 1:319,011 | 10,202 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Isle of Man | 1 | 1:85,822 | 4,091 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Djibouti | 1 | 1:914,932 | 1,612 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 254 | 1:17,440 | 2,125 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1,752 | 1:13,913 | 2,082 |
| Scotland | 19 | 1:197,011 | 7,414 |
| Wales | 7 | 1:224,059 | 8,079 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3,112 | 1:16,137 | 2,047 |
Scales (53) may also be a first name.
Scales Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Local. There are places of this name in Cumberland and Westmorland. Harbert Skaillis of Chubtricknaul, Dumfriesshire, 1626 (Dumfries). Nicolas Skailles in Chirnsyde, 1680 (Lauder). One of my nurses in the hospital in New York (1934) was a Miss Scales of Scots parentage.
(Scandinavian) belonging to Scales (Lanc.) Cumb., Westmd., etc.); or Dweller at the Huts or Sheds [Old Norse skáli, a hut, shed] The Lanc. Scales occurs about 1200 as Scalis.
(English) One who came from Scales (hut or temporary shelter), the name of several places in England; dweller in the hut or shed.
Hardwin de Scalers came in with William the Conqueror, and was ancestor of the noble family of Eschalers, or Scales, who continued in the male line till 36. Henry VI. Kelham's Domesday. The name began to be spelt De Scales about the time of Henry II. It was latinized De Scalariis.
A baronial name, derived from Harduin de Scalers or Scales, a great baron 1086, whose barony lay in Cambridge and Herts. Hence the Barons Scales, summoned by writ 1298. See Smithson-Percy.
A location name in Lancashire Or from Hardwin de Scalers or D’Echellers, a follower of the Conqueror, and tenant in chief in the Domesday Book, William de Escales in Rotuli de Oblatis et Finibus, King John
Scales is an ancient Norfolk name, being common in the county as far back as the 13th century, in the form of De Scales or Le Scales (H. R.). In fact, from the 13th to the 15th century the titled family of De Scales owned great possessions and held a high position in the county (Bl.).
Scales Demographics
Average Male Scales Height
176.44 cm
Average Female Scales Height
163.53 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Scales Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Scales Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Scales has its highest incidence in The United States. It can be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Scales? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 23,768th most commonly held family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 319,812 people. The last name Scales occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 76 percent of Scales reside; 76 percent reside in North America and 76 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Scales is also the 1,366,219th most widely held forename in the world It is held by 53 people.
The surname is most commonly used in The United States, where it is held by 16,818 people, or 1 in 21,552. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: Texas, where 10 percent reside, North Carolina, where 9 percent reside and California, where 7 percent reside. Excluding The United States this last name exists in 53 countries. It also occurs in England, where 15 percent reside and Australia, where 5 percent reside.
Scales Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Scales has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname expanded 540 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 195 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it decreased 3 percent between 1901 and 2014; in Scotland it expanded 458 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it expanded 700 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Scales Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is chiefly Catholic (53%) in Ireland.
In The United States those bearing the Scales last name are 3.54% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 50.31% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Scales earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 30% more than the national average, earning R 308,940 per year; in United States they earn 11.05% less than the national average, earning $38,381 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.31% less than the national average, earning $49,528 CAD per year.
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Scales Reference & Research
Scales DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.
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