Scarfo

surname · Latin script

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Scarfo is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Italy than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Borrowed from Italian Scarfo.

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 544K(measured from records)
  • ARArgentina1 in 72K
  • ITItaly≈1 in 85K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Italy (inferred from the name graph)

≈730 people, est.

Sources
176 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 72K (inferred from the name graph)

Argentina

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Scarfò in IT Italy.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Borrowed from Italian Scarfo.

Sources 1

Attested across 8 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Scarfo counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Scarfo is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
IT Italy≈730 est.≈1 in 85KlistedScarfò40
AR Argentina6321 in 72K632—1
US United States6121 in 544K622Scarfo176
FR France≈260 est.≈1 in 262K41—1
CA Canada≈200 est.≈1 in 194K—Scarfo74
AU Australia≈190 est.≈1 in 136K—Scarfo76
FI Finland≈42 est.≈1 in 132K—Scarfo1
UY Uruguay221 in 154K22——

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; the xinhua-italian-manual register; RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000); INE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Scarfo is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Spanish surname6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Argentina, United States, Brazil, Uruguay

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Scarfó, Scarfò

  • a separate name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Scarfó, Scarfò

  • Hindi surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Italy

    Also written Scarfó, Scarfò

  • Arabic surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Italy

    Also written Scarfò

26 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 16 sources across 10 countries.

Official registers attesting Scarfo
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
AR ArgentinaRENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national)—632—
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020622#38,337
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010612#36,525
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000609#35,053
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)197146—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)198143—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)199141—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)196141—
UY UruguayINE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public)—22—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)195122—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)19411—
IT Italy意大利语姓名译名手册 (Xinhua Italian Name Manual)———

Reference works 2

  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Scarfo mean, and where does it come from?
Borrowed from Italian Scarfo. Recorded by Wiktionary.
In which country does Scarfo have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 734 people named Scarfo in Italy, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled scarfò.
Where is Scarfo most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Scarfo is densest in Argentina — about 1 in 72 thousand people — even though Italy holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Scarfo?
In Argentina, the national register counted 632 people named Scarfo, about 1 in 72 thousand residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Scarfo”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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