# Bruton (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/bruton/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

An English surname originating as an occupation.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | occupational, named after the work an ancestor did |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 6,221 |
| US rank (2010) | 5,589 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 49,630 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.5% (6,069 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Brue (river) + -ton.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Bruton in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 66% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 27% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.6% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.3% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.7% |
| Two or more races | 2.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Bruton in Australia.

## People named Bruton

- C. J. Bruton, American-Australian basketball player

## Similar surnames

Burton, Barton, Britton, Broughton, Bratton, Breton, Borton, Brewton, Brayton, Brighton, Bertone, Borden.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.