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    The surname Bruton

    An occupational surname, carried by 6,221 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B635

    Bruton: #5,589 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Bruton #5,589, 6,221 people Bruton: #5,589 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Bruton #5,589, 6,221 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bruton is more common than 96.6% of them.

    Origin

    From Brue (river) + -ton.

    Bruton is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 6,221 people named Bruton in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 49,630 Americans. That is up 2.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,069.

    #5,589
    rank among US surnames
    6,221
    people in 2010
    2.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.5%
    change since 2000 (was #5,277)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,583Stockman6,22649,590
    #5,585Duhon6,22349,614
    #5,588Ream6,22249,622
    #5,589Bruton6,22149,630
    #5,591Brake6,22049,638
    #5,594Ignacio6,21949,646

    Who is named Bruton

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    66% of people named Bruton identified as white (not Hispanic), 27% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

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

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Brutons

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • C. J. Bruton
      American-Australian basketball player, born 1975

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Bruton

    Bruton has the Soundex code B635, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B635.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Bruton come from?
    From Brue (river) + -ton.
    How common is the surname Bruton?
    6,221 people in the United States had the surname Bruton in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 49,630 Americans. It ranked 5,589th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Bruton?
    In the 2010 Census, 66% of people named Bruton identified as white (not Hispanic), and 27% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Bruton?
    C. J. Bruton, American-Australian basketball player.
    Where is the surname Bruton most common?
    Wikidata records people named Bruton in Australia.
    What type of surname is Bruton?
    Bruton is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
    Is the surname Bruton getting more or less common?
    More common. 6,069 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,221 in 2010, up 2.5%.