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Scarratt Family History

Scarratt Surname Meaning

Tooth suggests it may refer to an unidentified locality in or near Audley (Staffs). It is implied by the surname of Henry Skaryok (1298) or Scarioc (1307) who appears as a tenant in Horton near Rudyard in the Audley estate records. Skaryok might refer to a damaged or mis-shaped oak tree (Middle English scarri ‘(?) scraggy’) later developing to Scariot through the common substitution of /t/ for final /k/.

Alternatively, he suggests that the spellings may be copyists' errors for Scariot perhaps a nickname from playing the part of Judas Iscariot in a mystery play. Either way, he notes that Thomas Skarriot appears in 1540 in the Audley parish registers and that the surname occurs as Scarriat (1559) and Skerratt (1557) in the parish registers of Betley a few miles SW of Audley.

The name also seems to have been thoroughly confused with the Staffs surname Sherrard and its many variants. The two names may have happened to coincide in the odd parish but the coincidence happens too often to be accidental as some of the following early bearers illustrate.

Source: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016


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You can see how Scarratt families moved over time by selecting different census years. The Scarratt family name was found in the USA, the UK, Canada, and Scotland between 1840 and 1920. The most Scarratt families were found in United Kingdom in 1891. In 1891 there were 140 Scarratt families living in Staffordshire. This was about 59% of all the recorded Scarratt's in United Kingdom. Staffordshire had the highest population of Scarratt families in 1891.
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What did your Scarratt ancestors do for a living?

In 1939, General Labourer and Unpaid Domestic Duties were the top reported jobs for men and women in the United Kingdom named Scarratt. 21% of Scarratt men worked as a General Labourer and 80% of Scarratt women worked as an Unpaid Domestic Duties. Some less common occupations for Americans named Scarratt were General Farm Worker and Unpaid Domestic Dut.

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Top Male Occupations In 1939

  • General Labourer
    21%
  • Retired
    13%
  • Incapacitated
    9%
  • General Farm Worker
    9%

Top Female Occupations In 1939

  • Unpaid Domestic Duties
    80%
  • Unpaid Domestic
    5%
  • Unpaid Domestic Duti
    4%
  • Unpaid Domestic Dut
    3%

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Between 1953 and 2004, in the United States, Scarratt life expectancy was at its lowest point in 1974, and highest in 2004. The average life expectancy for Scarratt in 1953 was 78, and 95 in 2004.

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