Scialo

surname · Latin script

Meaning: extravagance, waste (of money)

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

/ʃəloʊ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Scialo is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Italy than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 2M(measured from records)
  • ITItaly≈1 in 192K
  • EEEstonia≈1 in 701K

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)

≈330 people, est.

Sources
101 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 192K (inferred from the name graph)

Italy, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Scialò 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)

extravagance, waste (of money)

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested across 8 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Scialo 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 Scialo is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
IT Italy≈330 est.≈1 in 192KlistedScialò34
US United States1661 in 2M166Scialo101
GB United Kingdom≈50 est.≈1 in 1.3M42Scialo22
CA Canada≈15 est.≈1 in 2.5M—Scialo2
DE Germany≈13 est.≈1 in 6.1M—Scialo13
SE Sweden≈13 est.≈1 in 793K—Scialo1
SG Singapore≈9 est.≈1 in 727K—Scialo1
EE Estonia≈2 est.≈1 in 701Klisted—1

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; the xinhua-italian-manual register; Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register). 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)

Scialo is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Spanish surname5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Argentina, United States, Brazil, Italy

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Scialó, Scialò, Scíãlò

  • French surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, United States, Italy

    Also written Scialo', Scialò

  • a separate name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Scialò, Scialó

  • Hindi surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States

    Also written Scialò, Scialó

  • a separate name4 spellings in the group

    Also written Scialò

  • Arabic name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Scialò

19 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.

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalDear Scialo,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 8 sources across 4 countries.

Official registers attesting Scialo
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010166#107,134
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020153#119,572
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000137#117,538
GB United KingdomSurnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register)200242#56,688
IT Italy意大利语姓名译名手册 (Xinhua Italian Name Manual)———
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 1

  • 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 Scialo mean, and where does it come from?
extravagance, waste (of money) Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
How do you pronounce Scialo?
A machine transcription gives /ʃəloʊ/ (IPA) for English.
In which country does Scialo have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 325 people named Scialo in Italy, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled scialò.
How common is the name Scialo?
In the United States, the national register counted 166 people named Scialo in 2010, about 1 in 2.0 million 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, “Scialo”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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