Scaife
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English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Norse skeifr (“awry, difficult”).
Proper noun
[edit]Scaife (plural Scaifes)
- A surname from Old Norse.
Statistics
[edit]- According to the 2010 United States Census, Scaife is the 15418th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1900 individuals. Scaife is most common among Black/African American (46.32%) and White (45.47%) individuals.
Further reading
[edit]- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Scaife”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.