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Early Origins of the Scates family

The surname Scates was first found in Ayrshire (Gaelic: Siorrachd Inbhir Àir), formerly a county in the southwestern Strathclyde region of Scotland, that today makes up the Council Areas of South, East, and North Ayrshire, where they held a family seat from ancient times, and gave their name to the village of Skeoch near Mauchline, the setting for many of Robert Burns poems.

Early History of the Scates family

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Scates Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Skeoch, Skewych, Skeach and others.

Early Notables of the Scates family

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Scates Ranking

In the United States, the name Scates is the 10,303rd most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. [1]

Migration of the Scates family

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: James Skeach arrived in Philadelphia in 1877.


Contemporary Notables of the name Scates (post 1700) +

  • Cappriccieo M. "Capp" Scates (b. 1969), American record industry executive, current Executive General Manager at Arrow Records
  • Al Scates (b. 1939), American college volleyball player and volleyball coach, inducted into the UCLA Hall of Fame (2003) and the American Volleyball Coaches Association Hall of Fame (2004)


  1. "What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/


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