The Scarbrough surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 8,327 people carried this name — #4,256 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 35,500 people counted. That is up 3% from 8,100 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Scarbrough surname

Variant of Scarborough.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Scarbrough» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In print

Scarbrough in American newspapers,
1872–1923.

Newspaper page from Evening Star carrying the name Scarbrough
Evening Star 1923-12-28
Newspaper page from The Wheeling Daily Register carrying the name Scarbrough
The Wheeling Daily Register 1872-04-20
Newspaper page from The Wheeling Daily Register carrying the name Scarbrough
The Wheeling Daily Register 1872-05-01

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 6,038 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Scarbrough in Australian newspapers,
1870s–1930s.

32 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Scarbrough. The most, 10, date from the 1930s.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 11
Victoria 11
Western Australia 4
Queensland 3
South Australia 2
Tasmania 1

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Scarbrough.

Who carried it

People named Scarbrough,
with a public archive behind them.

  • William Scarbrough
    William Scarbrough 1776–1838 · inventor
  • unknown child Scarbrough d. 1596
  • Thomas Scarbrough 1596–
  • Mary Scarbrough 1597–
  • Peter Scarbrough 1601–1606
  • Henry Scarbrough 1604–

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Scarbrough,
in the records of 2 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States415 records

415 records of the Scarbrough name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 288
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 109
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 7
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 4
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 3
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 1
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 1
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 1
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record David Clifton Scarbrough

    Born 1947; from Marietta, Ohio. U.S. Marine Corps, rifleman; killed in action 1968 in Quang Tri, South Vietnam. Buried at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, Missouri.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Willie L. Scarbrough

    Born 1923 in Mississippi. Enlisted 1943 at Camp Shelby; farmer from Lauderdale County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1999, buried at Robert Scarbrough, Marion, Mississippi.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record James Scarbrough

    Arrived at New York in 1851 aboard the Hudson from Glasgow, aged 25; laborer. From Ireland.

    U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain)

Showing 3 of 415 records for Scarbrough in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Australia4 records

4 records of the Scarbrough name in Australia
  • Tasmanian Names Index 2
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 2
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record George Scarbrough

    Sailed from Victoria in 1874 aboard the Great Britain, bound for Liverpool, aged 47.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Birth record Martha Scarbrough

    Born 1835 in Hobart, Tasmania.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record William Scarbrough

    Died 1889 in Tasmania, aged 68.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 4 records for Scarbrough in Australia.

Counts: Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

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