Last Name SCHOLES

Summary/Contribute


Meaning Local: At the school or schools, from residence therein or thereby. Also 'of Scholes,' a township in the parish of Barwick-in-Elmett, nine miles from Leeds, West Riding Yorks.
Origin English, Polish, Irish

Rank 15,835 (2000 US census) 19,439 (1990 US census)
Count 1,688 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 95.79%, or 1617 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 1.18%, or 20 total occurrences, as black,
  • 0.47%, or 8 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0.53%, or 9 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 0.89%, or 15 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.13%, or 19 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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Ukrainian middle names

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Longest baby names

 The longest first name, consisting of 12 characters, from the baby names reported since the year 1880 in the United States is Francisquita.

There are three names consisting of 11 characters: Christopher, Margueritta, and Margueritte

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