Scales Family History
Scales Name Meaning
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.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Scales
Name Distribution of Scales Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Scales families
 68 - 134  23 - 67 |
 1 - 22  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Scales families
|
174 - 346 59 - 173 |
1 - 58 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Scales families
|
11 - 19 4 - 10 |
1 - 3 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Scales census records
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Scales Family Origin
Scales Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Scales
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Scales Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Scales census records
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Scales Civil War Service Records
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