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    The surname Scruton

    An English place surname, carried by 534 people in the United States.

    Pronounced /ˈskɹuː.tən/ 2 syllables Soundex S635

    Scruton: #40,856 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Scruton #40,856, 534 people Scruton: #40,856 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Scruton #40,856, 534 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Scruton is more common than 74.8% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

    From the Old Norse personal name Skurfa + Old English tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

    Scruton is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

    One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 534 people named Scruton in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 578,175 Americans. That is up 0.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 530.

    #40,856
    rank among US surnames
    534
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +0.8%
    change since 2000 (was #39,111)

    Who is named Scruton

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

    96% of people named Scruton identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
    • Two or more races 1.3%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Scruton

    Scruton has the Soundex code S635, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S635.

    Other English surnames

    All 1,446 English surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Scruton come from?
    From the Old Norse personal name Skurfa + Old English tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
    How common is the surname Scruton?
    534 people in the United States had the surname Scruton in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 578,175 Americans. It ranked 40,856th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Scruton?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Scruton identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    How do you pronounce Scruton?
    Scruton is /ˈskɹuː.tən/, 2 syllables.
    What type of surname is Scruton?
    Scruton is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Scruton getting more or less common?
    More common. 530 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 534 in 2010, up 0.8%.