The Scully surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 8,747 people carried this name — #4,060 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 33,700 people counted. That is up 2% from 8,578 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Scully surname

Reduced Anglicized spelling of Irish Ó Scolaidhe.

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

In Ireland’s birth registers, 1890

Ireland registered 65 births for the Scully name in 1890.

They were registered in all four provinces, most of all in Leinster. By the Registrar-General’s own method — births multiplied by 44.38 — that is about 2,900 people bearing the name in Ireland at the time. The Registrar-General’s note on the name: “Cork, Dublin, Carlow, and King's.”

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born, 1890

Leinster 32
Munster 28
Connacht 4
Ulster 1

Registrar-General for Ireland, «Special Report on Surnames in Ireland» (R. E. Matheson, 1894), births index of 1890 — public domain.

In print

Scully in American newspapers,
1871–1920.

Newspaper page from Every Evening, Wilmington Daily Commercial carrying the name Scully
Every Evening, Wilmington Daily Commercial 1920-01-16
Newspaper page from The Morning Star And Catholic Messenger carrying the name Scully
The Morning Star And Catholic Messenger 1871-07-02
Newspaper page from The Sun carrying the name Scully
The Sun 1901-04-29

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 3,358 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Scully in Australian newspapers,
1820s–2000s.

84,493 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Scully. The most, 56,419, date from the 1940s. New South Wales has the most articles, but weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, the name stands out most in the Australian Capital Territory, at 2.1 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 37,490
Queensland 16,329
Victoria 12,919
Western Australia 6,356
South Australia 4,780
Tasmania 4,550
ACT (Canberra) 1,517
Northern Territory 278

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

Who carried it

People named Scully,
with a public archive behind them.

  • John Scully
    John Scully 1846–1917 · regular cleric
  • William Charles Scully
    William Charles Scully 1855–1943 · writer
  • Thomas J. Scully
    Thomas J. Scully 1868–1921 · politician
  • Vincent Joseph Henry Scully
    Vincent Joseph Henry Scully 1876– · religious role
  • Cornelius D. Scully
    Cornelius D. Scully 1878–1952 · politician

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 180 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Scully,
in the records of 7 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 States3,997 records

3,997 records of the Scully name in the United States
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 1,400
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 1,282
  • Other U.S. records 1,315
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Thomas J. Scully

    Born 1911 in New Jersey. Enlisted 1943 at Newark; mechanic from Bergen County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1960, buried at Long Island National Cemetery, New York.

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

    Arrived at New York in 1853 aboard the Princeton from Liverpool, aged 12; domestic. From Kilkenny, Ireland; bound for Albany.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Russell Craig Scully

    Born 1949; from Ottumwa, Iowa. U.S. Army, infantryman; died of wounds 1970 in Quang Ngai, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)

Showing 3 of 3,997 records for Scully in the United States.

Counts: 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) · 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) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · New York State, Open NY (police and firefighter memorial rolls) · Ramsey County, Minnesota (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain).

Australia804 records

804 records of the Scully name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 323
  • Tasmanian Names Index 156
  • Other Australian records 325
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Edward Alfred Scully

    Married 1890 in Deloraine, Tasmania, aged 30. Died 1891 in Launceston, Tasmania, aged 32.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  2. An 1829 etching of convicts being rowed out to the prison ship York in Portsmouth Harbour
    Pictured: convicts going on board a prison ship, 1829
    Transportation record Timothy Scully

    Transported to New South Wales aboard the Sir Godfrey Webster, arriving 1824; ticket of leave 1831. Native of Roscommon.

    Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Mary Scully

    Arrived in Victoria in 1855 aboard the Salem, aged 35; Irish.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 804 records for Scully in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY) · State Library of Western Australia (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain); Prison-ship in Portsmouth Harbour, with the convicts going on board, etching by Edward William Cooke, 1829, Royal Museums Greenwich (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Canada79 records

79 records of the Scully name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 44
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 13
  • Other Canadian records 22
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Civil record John Scully

    Killed in 1885 at the Springhill No. 1 mine, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Kate Scully

    Came to Ontario in 1871 aboard the Peruvian, bound for F. Mans Bay, Ontario; Irish.

    Archives of Ontario. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario.
  3. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Mabel Scully

    Buried in 1968 at Queen's Park Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, aged 65.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.

Showing 3 of 79 records for Scully in Canada.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. · Archives of Ontario. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario. · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. · City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg. · Contains information provided by the City of Waterloo under licence · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0).

United Kingdom27 records

27 records of the Scully name in the United Kingdom
  • Stirling Council burial records 14
  • War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 10
  • Other British records 3
  1. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Henry Scully

    Buried in 1954 at St Thomas Cemetery, Stirling, Scotland, aged 42.

    Stirling Council. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
  2. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Sarah Scully

    Will proved in 1937; of Morriston.

    National Library of Wales, Wills Index Cards (CC0)
  3. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record J. Scully

    Ng's (Liverpool Regiment). Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1917.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)

Showing 3 of 27 records for Scully in the United Kingdom.

Counts: Stirling Council. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain) · MOLA and HS2, St James's burial ground data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. · National Library of Wales, Wills Index Cards (CC0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain); C. & E. Morton Ltd roll of honour, 1914–1919, photo by Adrian S Pye via Geograph (CC BY-SA 2.0).

New Zealand16 records

16 records of the Scully name in New Zealand
  • Christchurch City cemetery records 15
  • Marlborough District cemetery records 1
  1. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Brian Healey Scully

    Died 1989, aged 78; buried at Ruru Lawn, Christchurch, Canterbury.

    Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Julia Helen Scully

    Died 1934, aged 85; buried at Linwood Cemetery, Christchurch, Canterbury.

    Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Mary Scully

    Died 1993, aged 86; buried at Bromley Cemetery, Christchurch, Canterbury.

    Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 16 records for Scully in New Zealand.

Counts: Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0) · Marlborough District Council (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0).

Ireland13 records

13 records of the Scully name in Ireland County Galway graveyard records
  1. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Honoria Scully

    Died 1926, aged 67; buried at Derrybrien, Co. Galway.

    Galway County Council (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Elizabeth Scully

    Died 1843, aged 36; buried at Kilcummin, Co. Galway.

    Galway County Council (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Mary Scully

    Died 1922; buried at Clontuskert, Co. Galway.

    Galway County Council (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 13 records for Scully in Ireland.

Counts: Galway County Council (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0).

France1 record

1 record of the Scully name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Mary Eileen Scully

    Born 1952 in Great Britain; died 1998 in Niort (Deux-Sèvres).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

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