Scudmore Surname

4,307,654th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 21 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Scudmore Surname Definition:

A wretched corruption of Scudamore.

Scudmore Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States201:18,122,947588,089
England11:55,718,059489,080
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England201:1,218,76844,985

Scudmore Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

A wretched corruption of Scudamore.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

(Cornish British) From scoudh, or scuth, the shoulders, and mor, big, large.—Broad shoulders. Scheidmuur, Dutch, a partition or division wall.

An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857) by William Arthur

Skidmore may or may not be a form of Scudamore, an ancient Herefordshire name. The Skidmores were established in Eyam in the 17th and 18th centuries, where several of them were killed by the plague in 1666 (W.). De Skidemore and Skidemore were Wiltshire names in the 13th century (H. R.).

Homes of Family Names in Great Britain (1890) by Henry Brougham Guppy

Scudmore Last Name Facts

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

Scudmore has its highest incidence in The United States. It may be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Scudmore? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 4,307,654th most numerous last name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 347,025,996 people. Scudmore occurs mostly in The Americas, where 95 percent of Scudmore are found; 95 percent are found in North America and 95 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

The surname is most commonly used in The United States, where it is held by 20 people, or 1 in 18,122,947. In The United States Scudmore is mostly found in: California, where 40 percent reside, Texas, where 25 percent reside and Ohio, where 20 percent reside. Outside of The United States Scudmore occurs in one country. It is also common in England, where 5 percent reside.

Scudmore Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Scudmore has changed through the years. In England the number of people bearing the Scudmore surname declined 95 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Scudmore Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Scudmore are 3.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 50% registered with the party.

Scudmore earn a lot more than the average income. In United States they earn 47.12% more than the national average, earning $63,479 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Cudmore934,064/
Sudmore931/
Suidmore881/
Cuddmore881/
Skudmore880/
Skidmore7521,454/
Skidmoore7118/
Skidmorre711/
Skkidmore711/
Sskidmore710/
Sudmari671/
Skidmere630/

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