Scarff

English

Etymology

From northern Middle English scarfe (“cormorant”), itself from Old Norse skarfr (compare Icelandic skarfur (“cormorant”)), either a nickname for someone who resembled a cormorant or a byname from Old Norse Skarfi.

Proper noun

Scarff (plural Scarffs)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Scarff is the 39212^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 561 individuals. Scarff is most common among White (97.33%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Scarff”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.