Scarbrough Surname

45,859th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11,304 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Anguilla

Scarbrough Surname Definition:

(English) One who came from Scarborough (Skarthi's fort), in Yorkshire.

Scarbrough Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11,0301:32,8614,101
England1991:279,99021,818
Canada261:1,417,13898,245
Wales111:281,32115,850
New Zealand81:566,04034,598
Scotland51:1,070,76331,189
South Africa41:13,544,426222,367
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
France21:33,211,361423,184
Anguilla21:6,718471
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines11:112,6591,704
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Kyrgyzstan11:5,972,65499,197
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1351:180,55814,908
Jersey11:51,8823,898
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,3081:38,3934,552

Scarbrough (18) may also be a first name.

Scarbrough Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(English) One who came from Scarborough (Skarthi's fort), in Yorkshire.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Scarbrough Last Name Facts

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

Scarbrough is more commonly found in The United States than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Scarbrough? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 45,859th most commonly used surname on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 644,687 people. Scarbrough is predominantly found in The Americas, where 98 percent of Scarbrough reside; 98 percent reside in North America and 98 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Scarbrough is also the 2,608,198th most prevalent forename at a global level, held by 18 people.

This last name is most numerous in The United States, where it is held by 11,030 people, or 1 in 32,861. In The United States it is mostly found in: Texas, where 11 percent live, Tennessee, where 10 percent live and California, where 8 percent live. Apart from The United States this last name is found in 22 countries. It is also common in England, where 2 percent live and Canada, where 0 percent live.

Scarbrough Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Scarbrough has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Scarbrough last name grew 843 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 147 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Scarbrough Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the surname is chiefly Anglican (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Scarbrough last name are 21.86% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 68.63% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Scarbrough earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 6.22% less than the national average, earning $40,463 USD per year and in Canada they earn 12.97% more than the national average, earning $56,125 CAD per year.

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Scarbrough Reference & Research

Scarborough 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

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