Scratch Surname
Approximately 468 people bear this surname
Scratch Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | 278 | 1:132,538 | 13,752 |
| United States | 142 | 1:2,552,528 | 155,105 |
| England | 10 | 1:5,571,806 | 158,774 |
| American Samoa | 6 | 1:9,293 | 1,961 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 13 | 1:3,862,976 | 168,604 |
Scratch (30) may also be a first name.
Scratch Demographics
Average Scratch Salary in
United States
$47,029 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Scratch Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Scratch Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Scratch is held by more people in Canada than any other country/territory. It may also appear as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Scratch? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 646,966th most numerous last name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 15,571,679 people. The surname Scratch is primarily found in The Americas, where 88 percent of Scratch are found; 88 percent are found in North America and 88 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,911,214th most common first name globally, held by 30 people.
The surname Scratch is most frequently used in Canada, where it is held by 278 people, or 1 in 132,538. In Canada Scratch is most prevalent in: Ontario, where 78 percent are found, Alberta, where 16 percent are found and Nova Scotia, where 5 percent are found. Apart from Canada this surname exists in 25 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 30 percent are found and England, where 2 percent are found.
Scratch Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Scratch has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Scratch surname increased 1,092 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Scratch Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Scratch surname are 35.23% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 88.46% registered with the political party.
The amount Scratch earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 8.99% more than the national average, earning $47,029 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.9% more than the national average, earning $52,614 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Skratch | 86 | 12 | / |
| Scraith | 86 | 1 | / |
| Screach | 86 | 0 | / |
| Scrat | 83 | 6 | / |
| Schrotch | 80 | 1 | / |
| Scrace | 77 | 509 | / |
| Skrach | 77 | 51 | / |
| Scroch | 77 | 24 | / |
| Scroth | 77 | 8 | / |
| Scratt | 77 | 3 | / |
| Scrate | 77 | 1 | / |
| Scra | 73 | 2 | / |
| Skrauch | 71 | 6 | / |
| Screace | 71 | 2 | / |
| Scraitz | 71 | 1 | / |
| Skrachs | 71 | 1 | / |
| Screash | 71 | 0 | / |
| Scrasce | 71 | 0 | / |
| Scray | 67 | 138 | / |
| Scrot | 67 | 6 | / |
| Skrah | 67 | 5 | / |
| Scrad | 67 | 4 | / |
| Scrap | 67 | 3 | / |
| Scroh | 67 | 2 | / |
| Sqrat | 67 | 1 | / |
| Scqra | 67 | 1 | / |
| Scrra | 67 | 1 | / |
| Scrau | 67 | 0 | / |
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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
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - 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 Scratch
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