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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Scales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:
England & Wales
Scotland
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 Emigration Information (US)
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Scales Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Scales census records
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Military Service by Scales
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