Scaife

English

Alternative forms

• Skaife

Etymology

From Old Norse skeifr (“awry, difficult”).

Proper noun

Scaife (plural Scaifes)

1. A surname from Old Norse.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Scaife is the 15418^th 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 City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

Anagrams

• facies