Explore the Family Name Scalera

The meaning of Scalera

Italian: 1. habitational name from a district so named in Filiano in Potenza province. 2. from scalera, either a topographic name from the sense ‘ladder’ (see Scala), or, in Salento, a metonymic occupational name from the dialect sense ‘artichoke’. Some characteristic forenames: Italian Domenic, Vito, Angelo, Carmine, Ciro, Gilda, Lorenzo, Luciano, Pasquale.

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How common is the last name Scalera in the United States?

The surname Scalera, based on data from the Decennial U.S. Census, has experienced a slight decrease in popularity over a period of 10 years. In 2000, it ranked 33,333 and declined to 33,530 by 2010—a change of -0.59%. Despite this drop in rank, the actual count of individuals with the surname increased from 646 to 680, showing a growth rate of 5.26%. However, its proportion per 100,000 people decreased slightly from 0.24 to 0.23, marking a -4.17% change.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#33,333	#33,530	-0.59%
Count	646	680	5.26%
Proportion per 100k	0.24	0.23	-4.17%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Scalera

In terms of ethnicity, also based on the Decennial U.S. Census, those identifying as White constituted the majority of individuals with the Scalera surname in both 2000 and 2010, although their percentage decreased slightly from 95.36% to 92.94%. The Hispanic population showed a significant increase, growing from 3.10% in 2000 to 5.00% in 2010—a 61.29% change. Those identifying as two or more races also increased from 1.24% to 1.62%, marking a 30.65% growth. There were no individuals identified as Asian/Pacific Islander, Black, or American Indian and Alaskan Native in either census year.

	2000	2010	Change
White	95.36%	92.94%	-2.54%
Hispanic	3.1%	5%	61.29%
Two or More Races	1.24%	1.62%	30.65%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%