How rare is the last name Scales?

12,636 people in the United States have the last name Scales, about 1 in 23,654. It ranks #2,776 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

SCALES

#2,776

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
12,636
About
1 in 23,654
This common or more
51.7%
Who bears it

Of the 12,636 people with the last name Scales, 53.5% reported their origin as Black, 37.1% as White and 5.4% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Scales

#2,774 Croft · 12,648#2,775 Ricketts · 12,642#2,777 Jose · 12,633#2,778 Wiles · 12,632

Spelled almost the same

3 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Scales, most common first.

#18,946 Scoles · 1,435#46,548 Scalese · 493#102,571 Schales · 187

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