Scribes Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
France

Scribes Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Scribes Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
France21:33,211,361423,184
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
England11:55,718,059489,080
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States121:4,184,890180,076

Scribes Last Name Facts

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

The last name Scribes is more commonly found in The United States than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Scribes? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 6,723,624th most commonly held surname throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. This last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 50 percent of Scribes reside; 50 percent reside in North America and 50 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

This last name is most widespread in The United States, where it is carried by 3 people, or 1 in 120,819,644. In The United States Scribes is mostly concentrated in: Massachusetts, where 33 percent live, New York, where 33 percent live and Washington, where 33 percent live. Outside of The United States this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also common in France, where 25 percent live and Canada, where 13 percent live.

Scribes Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Scribes has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name fell 75 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Scribe92486/
Cribes924/
Schreibes880/
Scriber861,141/
Scrives864/
Screbes861/
Scribet860/
Schreibeis82289/
Schreibets821/
Schreibies820/
Schriebeis820/
Screiber8022/
Skribets804/
Scraiber801/
Shriebes801/
Schrives800/
Scriba77819/
Scrive77376/
Skribe7759/
Scribi7719/
Crebes7713/
Srives771/
Scriby770/
Shcreiber759/
Shkribets751/
Shrives71669/
Skribis7124/
Skrebes7120/
Screwes716/
Shrebes714/
Screbet712/
Srybets711/
Srebets711/
Creabes711/
Screebe711/
Scryber710/
Sreives710/
Skrebets672,308/
Skrybets6732/
Skruibys6715/
Skruibis6713/
Schkriba677/
Shreives675/
Schreves673/
Shrebets671/
Shkribey671/
Schrevis670/

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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 Scribes
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