Explore the Family Name Scarola

The meaning of Scarola

Italian: possibly metonymic occupational name for a grower or seller of endives, Italian scarola; in some instances from Italian scaro ‘stop’, ‘sea yard’. Some characteristic forenames: Italian Vito, Angelo, Antonio, Gilda, Carlo, Giacoma, Nicola, Rocco, Sal.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census, the popularity of the surname "Scarola" saw a mild decline between 2000 and 2010. In the year 2000, it was ranked 28,888 in terms of prevalence in the United States, but by 2010, it had dropped to rank 30,303, a decrease of about 4.9%. The actual count of people with the Scarola surname also showed a slight drop, from 775 individuals in 2000 to 772 in 2010, accounting for a 0.39% decrease. Over the same decade, the proportion of the population with this surname per 100,000 people fell by 10.34%.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#28,888	#30,303	-4.9%
Count	775	772	-0.39%
Proportion per 100k	0.29	0.26	-10.34%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Scarola

In terms of ethnicity, data from the Decennial U.S. Census shows that the majority of individuals with the surname Scarola identified as White in both 2000 and 2010, albeit with a slight decrease from 96.00% to 94.30%. There were no recorded instances of this surname amongst Asian/Pacific Islander, Black, or American Indian and Alaskan Native communities during both census years. Interestingly, there was an impressive increase in the Hispanic representation within this surname group, rising from 2.84% in 2000 to 5.31% in 2010. This marks an 86.97% change over the decade. Meanwhile, those identifying as having two or more ethnicities went from 0.77% in 2000 to none in 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
White	96%	94.3%	-1.77%
Hispanic	2.84%	5.31%	86.97%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	0.77%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%