as a Last Name
- 11,436
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Scales
Meaning & Origins
Northern English: topographic name for someone who lived in a rough hut or shed, northern Middle English scale ‘hut’ (from Old Norse skáli), later also sc(h)ole, or a habitational name from one of the various places named with this word, as for example Scales in Lancashire and Cumbria. The surname has been established in southern Ireland since the 14th century.
| 2,708th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 11,436
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- North Carolina
- has the most people named Scales per capita
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