Scudamore
surname · Latin script
Meaning: perhaps person from an unidentified place, probably in the West Country
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/skudəmɔɹ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Scudamore is a surname written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in the United Kingdom.
- GBUnited Kingdom
- AUAustralia
- CACanada
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
perhaps person from an unidentified place, probably in the West Country
Sources 1
- Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history]
Where in the world(measured from records)
Recorded in:
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Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Scudamore is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In English, perhaps a habitation name from an unidentified place so called from OE scite shit, dung + mot moor, fen. Vars.: Skidmore, Skitmore. A family of this name trace their descent from Ralph, who in 1086 held Opetone, Wilts., later known as Upton Scudamore. His son, who died before 1148, was known as Reginald Escudemor.
as a nameA dictionary of surnames
In English, A surname from Old French.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- John Scudamore, 1st Viscount Scudamoreb. 1601GBEnglish politician and Viscount (1601-1671)
- James Scudamoreb. 1624GBEnglish politician 1624-1668
- James Scudamore, 3rd Viscount Scudamoreb. 1684English politician
- Richard Scudamoreb. 1762GBBritish MP (1762-1831)
- William Edward Scudamoreb. 1813GBChurch of England clergyman and devotional writer
- Richard Scudamoreb. 1959GBEnglish football executive
- Brian Scudamoreb. 1970USBusinessman
- James Scudamoreb. 1976GBBritish writer
- James Scudamoreb. 2000GBBritish veterinarian
- Stewart ScudamoreGBBritish actor
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).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 7 sources across 3 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GB United Kingdom | Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register) | 2002 | 470 | #11,920 |
| ES Spain | INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos) | — | 6 | #154,812 |
| GB United Kingdom | A Dictionary of Surnames (Hanks & Hodges, 1988) | — | — | — |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, voter-file supplement (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 3
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- 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 Scudamore mean, and where does it come from?
- perhaps person from an unidentified place, probably in the West Country Recorded by Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history].
- In which country does Scudamore have the most bearers?
- Scudamore is most frequently recorded in the United Kingdom.
- How do you pronounce Scudamore?
- A machine transcription gives /skudəmɔɹ/ (IPA) for English.
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About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Scudamore”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.