The Scali surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 693 people carried this name — #33,036 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 434,800 people counted. That is down 2% from 708 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 354 people named Scali live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 88 people named Scali.
44 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 9 départements, most often Bouches-du-Rhône.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
30 people named Scali live in Switzerland.
They live in 4 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Ticino.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
Who carried it
People named Scali,
with a public archive behind them.
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John A. Scali 1918–1995 · diplomat -
Giorgio Scali 1400–1382
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Giovanni Scali 1549–1611 · Catholic bishop
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Maria Cristina Bezzi-Scali 1900–1994
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Maria Cristina Bezzi-Scali 1900–1994
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Giovanni Scali 1932– · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Scali.
- Sayer 3,395 · U.S. census
- Sbarra 343 · U.S. census
- Scaglia 155 · U.S. census
- Scaglione 2,082 · U.S. census
- Scala 3,537 · U.S. census
- Scalabrino 123 · U.S. census
- Scalia 1,801 · U.S. census
- Scalzo 2,411 · U.S. census
- Scannapieco 361 · U.S. census
- Scano 123 · U.S. census
- Scapin 140 · U.S. census
- Scappaticci 228 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Scali is.
A volume says what happened to it.
Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.
