Scallan

English

Alternative forms

• Scallon

Etymology

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Scealláin (“descendant of Sceallán”), a byname from sceallán (“pip, kernel, stone of fruit”).

Proper noun

Scallan (plural Scallans)

1. A surname from Irish.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Scallan is the 32865^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 698 individuals. Scallan is most common among White (96.56%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Scallan”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.