Scarborough

English

Alternative forms

• (surname): Scarboro, Scarbro, Scarbrough

Etymology

From the Old Norse personal name Skarði + borg (“fortress”).

Pronunciation

• (Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈskɑɹbəɹoʊ/

Proper noun

Scarborough (countable and uncountable, plural Scarboroughs)

1. A coastal town in North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref TA040880).
2. The Borough of Scarborough, a local government district in North Yorkshire.
3. A district and former municipality of Toronto, Canada.
4. A town in Cumberland County, Maine, United States.
5. A habitational surname from Old Norse.

Translations

district in Toronto

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 士嘉堡 (si⁶ gaa¹ bou²)

  Mandarin: 士嘉堡 (Shìjiābǎo)

• French: Scarborough (fr) m
• Portuguese: Scarborough

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Scarborough is the 2925^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 12252 individuals. Scarborough is most common among White (80.44%) and Black/African American (14.85%) individuals.

Further reading

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