The scarlett Surname

scarlett Name Meaning and History

English (mainly East Anglia): metonymic occupational name for a dyer or for a seller of rich, bright fabrics, from Old French escarlate ‘scarlet cloth’ (Late Latin scarlata).

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4

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scarlett Family Facts

Emigration Year (AU)Emigration Year (US)Name Distribution (UK)Name Distribution (Scotland)Place of Origin Ports of Departure Occupations

Distribution of scarlett Families in the US in 1920

Number of scarlett families

20-37

7-19

1-6

Compiled by Ancestry.com.au from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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Howard Scarlett	Kelley Wood-Davis	0
Freeman/Scarlette/scarlett connection to Hal Scarlett wife annie	jfreeman93	0
Scarlette connection	jfreeman93	0
Scarlett - Hunter - 1920s Toronto	penguin1	0
Scarlett Pictures in Kent Co. Canada	Jeanne Hornby	6
Scarletts of North Carolina	rlwoodward1991	20
Ralph Melvin Scarlett 1905-1969 MD	michelle (scarlett)smack	1
Scarletts in Suffolk	thebyasts	6
Scarlett	les212ab	10
Scarlett in Norfolk and Suffolk	James Scarlett	24

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