Scantlebury Surname

134,298th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,353 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Barbados

Scantlebury Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Scantlebury Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England8331:66,8887,757
United States8171:443,64638,107
Barbados7121:404104
Australia2421:111,55212,427
Canada1831:201,34219,659
Morocco1361:253,50142,794
Trinidad and Tobago1241:11,0001,504
Panama791:49,5222,416
Wales481:64,4695,713
New Zealand391:116,11114,715
Brazil201:10,703,717220,519
Guyana161:47,6394,360
Jamaica151:191,3305,833
Grenada141:7,752722
France121:5,535,227269,324
Venezuela91:3,356,00933,931
Hong Kong61:1,222,5805,222
Norway51:1,028,45761,363
Malaysia41:7,373,556230,001
Bahamas41:97,9381,027
Saint Lucia41:44,6952,207
Scotland41:1,338,45435,497
Chile31:5,872,15852,204
Czechia21:5,316,734169,646
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Malta11:430,2723,380
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Saint Kitts and Nevis11:55,1991,294
Mozambique11:27,261,5697,432
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Jersey11:99,2026,620
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
British Virgin Islands11:31,5941,029
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland141:316,41912,423
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England4511:54,0476,478
Wales91:174,2686,522
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States221:2,282,667111,005

Scantlebury Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Scantlebury Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Scantlebury occurs in England more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Scantlebury? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 134,298th most prevalent family name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,173,440 people. It is mostly found in The Americas, where 60 percent of Scantlebury live; 30 percent live in North America and 29 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The last name Scantlebury is most frequently held in England, where it is carried by 833 people, or 1 in 66,888. In England it is most common in: Greater London, where 35 percent are found, Greater Manchester, where 8 percent are found and Hampshire, where 6 percent are found. Beside England it is found in 43 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 24 percent are found and Barbados, where 21 percent are found.

Scantlebury Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Scantlebury has changed over time. In England the number of people who held the Scantlebury last name rose 185 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it rose 3,714 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in Wales it rose 533 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Scantlebury Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the last name is primarily Catholic (62%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Scantlebury last name are 27.35% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 80.58% registered with the political party.

The amount Scantlebury earn in different countries varies significantly. In Norway they earn 31.64% less than the national average, earning 236,586 kr per year; in United States they earn 1.68% less than the national average, earning $42,424 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.35% less than the national average, earning $49,010 CAD per year.

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Scantlebury Reference & Research

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Scantlebury 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
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  • 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 Scantlebury
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