Scaife
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Norse skeifr (“awry, difficult”).
Proper noun
Scaife (plural Scaifes)
- A surname from Old Norse.
Statistics
- 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
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Scaife”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.